[Campaigns-l] Congressional Term Limits

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This is a very important and interesting discussion.  I'm not sure yet what
this wiki is for, but it sounds like your ideas will fit right in.

On 7/8/06, Nelson Walker <nels96 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It is a mystery to me that, in all the new 'good government' websites
> (like wikia) that I come across, I never find any that stress the fact that,
> in order to effect REAL reform, it is necessary to have a legislature made
> up of 'citizen' legislators, rather than the current crop of careerist
> professional politicians. ( tenurecorrupts.com/#americasfirst )
>
> And to eliminate professional politicians, it is necessary to change
> politics from being a livelihood or career, to merely a civic duty, where
> one will try to change government for the better during a short stay, then
> return to private practice. That's the way it was for the first 150 years of
> our history, before the enticements of politics became too good to give up.
> ( tenurecorrupts.com/#followthemoney )
>
> Politics as a livelihood, or a career, is a fundamental conflict of
> interest. When you are supposed to be a representative of the people,
> putting their interest, or the country's interest before your own, then you
> cannot honestly be in a position to be concerned about your job (or your
> reelection). ( tenurecorrupts.com/#reelections )
>
> i come to wikia in an attempt to correct this void in our ongoing dialog.
> I strongly believe that to improve our government, we must change the
> character of our Congress, and the most direct way to do that is to enact
> Congressional Term Limits.
>
> Toward this end, I have for the past 2 years been building
> tenurecorrupts.com, a website dedicated to educating the voting public on
> the need for such limits. The site contains arguments (pro and con),
> amendment wording options, links to other sites, suggested actions you can
> take to help, etc. The site blog list has accumulated over two dozen
> articles on this one subject. ( Boring ?)
>
> Recently, it has begun offering free term limits bumperstickers to all
> comers.
>
> I would very much like to have the wikia crowd join me in discussions to
> exercise this idea, and to help spread the word !
>
> --
> Regards,
> Nelson Lee Walker, Saratoga, CA
> http://tenurecorrupts.com
> nels96 at gmail.com   Ph:408-867-2401
>
> No politician should be allowed unlimited reelections... even if he has
> the votes!
> Remember..TENURE CORRUPTS!
>
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