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PASS THE SALT -- SINGLE ADEQUATE LIMITED TERM
Multiple Terms Create The System Where Money Rules
Politicians have to spend millions of dollars running in elections over and over for decades to keep their positions. Only corporate sponsorship can provide enough money to participate in such a system. A single adequate limited term for every elected government position would instantly end this anti-democratic system and give the greatest motivation for elected representatives to be responsive to the people who vote for them over corporations and other plutocrats.
How They Divide and Conquer
PASS THE SALT
SINGLE ADEQUATE LIMITED TERM
SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PEOPLE
SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PEOPLE
If a term is adequate, there is never a reason for a sitting official to be distracted by a campaign. We pay Congress a generous full time salary, not to spend their time on ENDLESS fundraising activities, but to focus on the business of the people.
As it is, we do not elect a President for a four year term.
We really elect the President for a two year term, and a two year campaign. Free our public servants to do their jobs by supporting the SINGLE ADEQUATE LIMITED TERM.
If an elected official has no re-election to worry about, (s)he can spend her whole term fully engaged in the exercise of serving the people, and then move on, either to compete for other opportunities in public service, or to return to private life and pursuits.
The term of the Presidency of the United States should be extended to 6 years, from 4 years, and limited to a SINGLE ADEQUATE LIMITED TERM.
The term of a US Representative should be extended to 6 years, from 2 years, and limited to a SINGLE ADEQUATE LIMITED TERM.
The term of a US Senator should remain at 6 years, and be limited to a SINGLE ADEQUATE LIMITED TERM.
-- Mike
What the Founders Intended:
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"The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress." --- James Madison
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IMAGINE A DEMOCRACY WITH NO RE-ELECTIONS
SUPPORT THE SINGLE ADEQUATE LIMITED TERM
SUPPORT THE SINGLE ADEQUATE LIMITED TERM
