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Originally Posted by OhShoot
That's one thing the Constitution framers blew, no term limits set.
Apparently never occurred to them that anyone would ever be a career politician, even want to be one.
Of course, presidential term limits set by amendment after FDR, but never any for Reps/Senators. Why? Because the career politician Reps/Senators make the rules.
But, all in all, the two party system has become tyranny. It will be ever thus, a corrupt mess, as long as it remains in effect.
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I agree. I think the framers just assumed that if we elected representatives who betrayed the public trust that we would hastily remove them from office. They were wrong on that one count. Ron Paul actually pushed for term limits for congress several times in the past, starting in the 1970's. Surprisingly, those term limit bills never even made it out of committee.
He has also tried to slow pay increases for members of congress several times, again surprisingly no luck.
Cliff
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