What do you think of a one term, term limit per federal position?

SSG Gerhard S. — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:21:58 -0500

Under my plan, politicians may run for one term in a row for a given office. This means no seniority, no public pension, no healthcare for life.

If you want to run for another office you may do so, but you must resign your current office to do so. We shouldn't have to pay our politicians to run for office because clearly that's a full time job these days.

I think a plan such as this would encourage the citizen politician model envisioned by the framers of our Constitution that is presently unrecognizable.

Response by SFC James Baber made Feb 4 at 2014 4:12 AM

SFC James Baber — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 04:12:20 -0500

It would also cut out much of the old boy network and the politicians that just show up for the job and not truly perform except for their own self interests.

We could probably also find a way to turn the country back into a positive direction as this would also most likely cut down on the repetitive salary increase in Congress every time a budget or some other financial entity is voted on.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 4 at 2014 8:13 AM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:13:42 -0500

Virginia has that in place already for the Governor.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Feb 5 at 2014 12:06 AM

LTC Paul Labrador — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:06:08 -0500

The problem is that sometimes it takes more than 1 term to acquire enough political clout and experience to accomplish things. I think a better arrangement is that politicians don't get paid more than your average troopie, and can't take donations. Political office is to the PUBLIC, not service to self....

Response by SSgt George Brown made Feb 5 at 2014 12:36 AM

SSgt George Brown — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:36:50 -0500

There should not be anyone there more than two terms. I really wish we could go back to appointing Senators. That messed up our system of government terribly. There is no one representing the state as a whole any longer. The original intent was, President represents the nation, Senators, appointed by the states represented the states, and representatives represented districts of people. If senators were still appointed, they would have made sure that the interstate commerce clause would have been restricted to not placing tariffs on goods going across state lines, instead of the federal government claiming that clause to dictate to the states just about everything. The several states gave birth to the Federal Government, and boy has it turned out to be a monster of an ugly baby.

Response by SPC Charles Brown made May 16 at 2014 3:12 PM

SPC Charles Brown — Fri, 16 May 2014 15:12:11 -0400

Sadly I think the one term in a row thing would only cause a backlog worse than the bottleneck we already have in our Nations capitol. However, two terms should be enough as it is for our president. This would require a change to a four year term per elected officials all around. But that is just my humble opinion.

Response by LCpl Steve Wininger made May 16 at 2014 3:36 PM

LCpl Steve Wininger — Fri, 16 May 2014 15:36:18 -0400

I like your idea for term limits, however, i think it should also apply to family members of the politician, especially the office of president. The last thing this country needs is another Bush, Clinton, or Obama as our leader.By disallowing family members of politicians to be eligible to run for office, it will alleviate some of the death grip that special interests now hold with family members of former politicians, specifically presidents.

Some states already require that for a senator or representative to run for president they must resign their current position.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2014 9:39 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 18 May 2014 09:39:39 -0400

There are term limits - it's called voting. As long as 90% of incumbents are re-elected, don't complain about the system. It's us that votes them all in.

Response by 1SG Michael Blount made Nov 11 at 2014 8:30 AM

1SG Michael Blount — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:30:24 -0500

SSG Gerhard S. - I don't think your plan is very practical. You'll be exposing Congress to more outside influence peddling by lobbyists than they are now. Issues Congress faces are complex and multifaceted. Not even Einstein could understand them in just one term.

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made Nov 13 at 2014 12:38 AM

Sgt Packy Flickinger — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:38:37 -0500

If people had unbiased facts to base a vote on, things would be different. A few recent fact check and polls I've seen show even the best of mainstream media is less than 1/4 accurate. Then you have comedians who think they are news reporters. Term limits would weed out bad politicians but there are some good ones who need to stay in longer. Accurate info would allow voters to decide the good from the bad.