Friday, February 6, 2009

House Democrat pushing to end Presidential term limits

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hj5/show. This bill being proposed would repeal the 22nd amendment of the Constitution eliminating term limits for the President of the United States. Really, are people that desperate that we want to abandon democracy as we have it now and go to an imperial presidency? Our governmental system was designed so that no one person or group could take sole power and rule the United States. That makes sense while what is being proposed is insane!!

Now I can understand the thinking that the government is broken and needs to be fixed, because it does. But that should not include eliminating Presidential term limits. Democracy only works when we have MANY LEADERS, MANY OFFICIALS who desire public service and put the public good ahead of any thing else. That is not happening now which is why people are frustrated. That is why we need a new generation or movement of leaders to recommit themselves to striving for the good of America, short term and long. This will take time and it will first and foremost take developing average Americans to want to work in public service as true public servants. We the People must get involved because for decades we have been looking to Washington for leadership when for decades they have provided little to none.

--This is just my personal stance--

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