Posted on 10/18/2016 2:19:39 PM PDT by cotton1706
GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced on Tuesday his intention to push for a constitutional amendment setting term limits for members of both chambers of Congress.
Speaking to a crowd at a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Trump spoke about his desire to “break the cycle of corruption” in Washington, D.C. if he elected president. The GOP nominee told the crowd it was time to “drain the swamp” of special interests. He recited portions of his newly unveiled ethics reform proposals and then told the crowd another major announcement which is part of his plan.
“If I am elected president, I will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress,” Trump said, as the room erupted in cheers.
Yep...we wouldn’t be were we are today if we had it by now. Most people in congress have been there since i was in high school.
Interesting but they would never do it. They’d spin it away as grandstanding and an empty promise for something he knows would never happen, so there’s no downside for him to offer it.
To be honest wouldn’t help much, they’d all just campaign for their vetted replacements and probably be advisors/chiefs of staff for the replacements, so new puppets would learn from the out of office corrupticrats.
Article V Ping!!!
I swear Donald is a Freeper!
Term Limits! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Great idea, Trump.
Need staff term limits, also.
Actions to prevent the entrenched bureaucrats from filling the void would also need to be taken.
This may end up as an Article V Convention thread. Trump has called for Congress to pass the one amendment that it would never consider passing on its own.
Pass term limits on Congress first. Then the courts.
I am not necessarily against term limits, however I think the problem is upstream of the elected officials. If the electorate had skin in the game, they would hold the reps accountable.
Too much of our electorate has no skin in the game. They either don’t pay taxes or they welch off the system, voting for the slime that provide the goodies at the real tax payers expense.
I think the better solution is a simplified tax code where a flat rate is applied to all income (and the number is less than 10%). Welfare only to those truly in need and unable to work for physical reasons, and welfare handled by the states, not the fed.
If a constitutional amendment is needed, its that ALL expenditures from the fed must be justified by specific articles of the constitution. If it is not national defense related, it probably doesn’t belong there and “bring home the bacon” representative should not be allowed to spend federal tax dollars for constituent perks.
330,000,000 vs 535.
On paper, unless the game is rigged, the odds should be in our favor.
Article V of the US Constitution will get it done.
Repealing the 17th would have the same result.
Years ago I would have said ...NOPE...but now? Heck yeah. I would not mind changing the lifetime appointment at SCOTUS via Constitutional Ammendment people did not live often into thier 80’s an beyond in the 18th Century.
Attractive, but be careful what you wish for. Limiting terms will have the effect of transferring greater power to staffers, lobbyists, and all the unofficial camp-followers. With greater knowledge and experience of how things work, they would be a sort of praetorian guard, leading elected representatives and senators around by the nose and telling them what they have to do.
If he was to be elected and accomplished nothing more than this....FANTASTIC
Other considerations:
One bill at a time
NEA gone
Social Security gone
Medicare/socialized medicne (with open markets for insurance if still necessary)
Repeal of zippy-care
Repeal of any law that doesn’t pass a “Bill of Rights” test
Wish list.....
KYPD
Add on, All charity organizations must prove that 95% of all funds received goes to the charity. Only 5% will be allowed for admin cost
At least a retirement age for the justices.
[ This may end up as an Article V Convention thread. Trump has called for Congress to pass the one amendment that it would never consider passing on its own. ]
I could see Trump asking congress for it, then congress either drags their feet or outright rejects them, so Trump uses his bully pulpit to go to the people / states and go over the heads of congress.
He would be better off supporting an article V amendment I think.
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