pan6467

I have never been a proponent of term limits because there are some truly good people in office and it may take 3 or 4 terms for them to get the voice to be heard and respected.

Career politicians aren't bad. The way we have allowed the parties to structure districts so that a particular party holds the seat forever, or the way campaign finances make it so that only those with money can run are the 2 issues that have led us into being able to corrupt politicians.

The nature of this society right now is all about greed and watching out for only yourself. It shows in politics and society. You aren't going to correct the problem in congress until you address the problem in society. That is why have we become so less civic minded and why are we so involved in self that we are allowing the infrastructure of this nation to fall apart.

We answer "What happened to community pride and civic responsibility" and develop ways to better the infrastructure and get people involved in community pride, then corruption will take care of itself.

I also think that when we do have scandals and catch people corrupting officials and the officials themselves, these people should not jjust be tried for their corruption, but for treasonous activities. That these people shouldn't be able to come out and write books and become radio talk show hosts and achieve fame, like G Gordon Liddy did.

The reason I say treason is they are destroying government credibility and putting special interests and money ahead of the security and safety of this nation. It is one thing to argue about policy and war, we need that as a way to make sure that the policy does not get out of hand. However, when you have a lobbyist taking money and paying off Congress and the WH for votes on their issues, that is a different ballgame. Then it no longer becomes an issue of policy or philosophical differences, it becomes who has the most money and who will pay the best price. It then becomes a government run not by people trying to better society but by people who are in it for their own gains and fortunes.

I believe, much like the "Contract With America" in '94 this is just a GOP rouse to get votes to say see what we did, and by next election the reforms will have disappeared and will have been forgotten.

Contract with America was fraudulent and a bunch of bullshit to get elected and these reforms will probably show the same results as that did, much hype, promises of responsibility and ethics and then once in power, "what Contract?"

__________________
I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"