Forum Post: Stop Political Dynasties (Limit term of politician)
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 8, 2011, 9:51 a.m. EST by ioannis
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Your President, Senators, Congressmen, Governors and City Mayors must be allowed a Maximum of 2 terms only ... instead of holding a political position for life from generation to generation lobbying for giant corporations to which they may be shareholders and having their re-election campaigns bankrolled by multinational companies especially in the defense industry or wall street speculators. Most of the Senators and Congressmen are not any different than the Kings, Emirs, Sheiks and Sultans of the Middle East dynasties. To the protesters in Wall Street the entire world is wishing success and we all admire you brave action.
There are term limits built in to the system. It's called voters. If voters fail to exercise their right to throw out the bums that work against the better interests of their community and country, they deserve what they get.
My city has been on a slow decline since the last time it was in republican hands, some 50 years ago. The voters religiously vote along party lines, get more of the same and nothing changes but the faces and names that hold the offices. New ideas are shunned while population dwindles, businesses close and taxes rise. Term limits would not have changed anything but the names and faces of the elected officials.