tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615540480649619994.post8351110483899721470..comments2023-12-20T09:43:12.402-08:00Comments on Skoop's Blog: Fwd: Term Limit Opening SalvoTim Skubickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11498943340853358620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615540480649619994.post-73903978269786542682010-05-11T19:28:04.947-07:002010-05-11T19:28:04.947-07:00Term limits for Congress - both House and Senate a...Term limits for Congress - both House and Senate as well as the Supreme Court make sense. The founding Fathers had a life span of perhaps 60-70 years and propably less. They did not envision life spans of 90 years and plus. John Paul Stevens, as example, is 89 and sharp as a tack. Still, he is of a generation that my Father and most Grandparents of younger generations have long since passed. The point for the Supremes is to ensure we have the "near" current generation invoved - and sustain that. For the Supremes I recommend a 15-20 year life appointment - that is a gerational span. <br /><br />For Congress - castly different. For the House - 4 year terms and a maximum of 3 for 12 years. In the Senate only two - 6 years each. Half the House elected on a two year basis and the Senate as it is - 1/3 every two years. Limiting Houuse, Senate and Supremes to term limits ensures that no "senority" exists for extended period of time and ensures that each generation has full input to the operation of Government at all levels.<br /><br />So, who will call - write or visit your Congressperson and state the obvious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615540480649619994.post-20266452962356504062010-04-13T13:30:38.868-07:002010-04-13T13:30:38.868-07:00But FIRST, we must create a groundswell, as follow...But FIRST, we must create a groundswell, as follows:<br /><br />A Congress of career politicians will NEVER allow us to constitutionally term limit them by an amendment. But... WE CAN IMPOSE term limits on them in Congressional elections (‘2010, 2012, 2014......):<br /> <br />1. Never reelect your Congressman or Senator.<br />2. Always vote, but only for the strongest challenger , regardless of party .<br /><br />If Congress has not passed a term limits bill by 2014, repeat this in 2016, 2018....<br /><br />Our only intelligent choice is to NEVER REELECT anyone in Congress! <br /><br />The only infallible, unstoppable, guaranteed way to get a truly new Congress, AND a new politics, is NEVER REELECT ANY INCUMBENT! DO IT EVERY ELECTION until term limits is ratified. In other words, don't let anyone serve more than one term until Congress passes a term limits bill!<br /><br />NEVER REELECT ANYONE IN CONGRESS. DO IT EVERY ELECTION! ... until we ratify term limits.<br /><br />Nelson Lee Walker of tenurecorrupts.comNelson Lee Walker of tenurecorrupts.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275866705500545391noreply@blogger.com