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Elections, Politics, and Partisanship Topics relating to politics, elections, or party affiliations of interests to SOS associates |
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Everyone agrees that limiting the presidency to two terms is a good idea. Limiting it to a single term is even better. The longer an elected official stays in power, the less good behavior they need because the longer they stay, the more they entrench themselves in the office. Their behavior becomes less and less visible and it becomes easier and easier for them to re-elect themselves. We really have a rich supply of real citizens that are just as capable and just as interested in making some short contribution to the office. Four years or so is plenty of time for somebody to make a contribution if they want to do more than get elected another term. And a steady stream of new faces in the office and looking at the office lowers the learning curve for the US public in trying to figure out what the heck is going on. How can people worry about the power of politicians and then argue that they need an endless future of more opportunities to squat in the office screwing the public? Federal term limits and the criminalization of asking party affiliation for purposes of voter registration. These are two things that would revolutionize politics in the US. For the better.
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The United States of America is for citizens only! Everyone else OUT.
Criminalize asking party affilation for voter registration! End the "two party system"! |
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