Charleston Daily Mail reminds us that corruption is not a Republican or Democrat issue. Nor is it confined to national politics. Corruption is a function of how long someone is in government. The longer you're in the more you know how to maneuver around the system. I'll say it again; term limits. Two terms at most. If it's good to limit the President to two terms, there's no case for keeping anyone else any longer. We are not supposed to have a permenant political/governing class. Sadly, we will never see term limits made into law. It would either be repealed or over turned with new legislation. I do think it would pass judicial scrutiny. The best option would be a consitutional amendment. I'm very leery of amending the Consitution but in this case, it makes sense. This is not related to the fad of the day (See; ERA and Prohibition).
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project . Thank God they're going after this guy. He's been so brazen with his porkbarreling and the whiff of corruption around him has been ripe enough to smell from here. I'd rather have a 100% democrat run Congress if they were ethical. Term limits. One term for Senate, two for the House, one for the President. Some fear that would increase the power of lobbyists. Simple, ban any former members from being lobbyists and limit lobbyists to terms as well. (I'm not sure how that would work. Just a thought.) The other answer is transparency. No earmarks without a floor vote. No spending of any kind without a floor vote. All spending committees (intelligence aside) open to the public and recorded and available on the web.
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