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Re: POTUS 45.35: Still Winning. Don't care if you're tired of winning.
How does this give government back to the people?
Term limits take away my right to vote for somebody. A politician who actually is serving his or her constituents and working every day to live up to the oath they took is someone I would want to return to Washington or a state capital for as long as they wanted to serve. An actual, effective term limit already exists anyway. If someone performs poorly, vote them out after 2, 4 or 6 years. There's your term limit.
Political media ads are a perfectly decent way for voters and those running for office to connect. The problem is we've allowed corporations to suddenly take on human form and have the same unlimited speech rights an individual does.
Not every one of our 330 million citizens has the ability or means -- other than their vote -- to communicate with their representatives. I function as a lobbyist in my job on an infrequent but regular occasion. My special interests involve raising minimum wages and making sure things like public libraries and public schools are adequately funded, and the people who work in them are treated fairly. In the past I helped pass laws that ensured medical facilities used safer needles so nurses in places like state prisons didn't have to worry so much about getting stuck with a needle that was infected with HIV or hepatitis. Lobbyists in and of themselves are not the issue, it's the framework of the system in which they operate though that is horribly messed up.
I used to consider myself as sort of an anti-establishment person as well, but I came to realize that in the absence of government it isn't the common, everyday people who rise up and control their destiny. Its the insanely wealthy and the largest corporations that fill that vacuum. It's the very reason government exists. Now we can have good government or bad government, that's true. But when we have bad government, good government is the answer, not anarchy.
How does this give government back to the people?
Term limits take away my right to vote for somebody. A politician who actually is serving his or her constituents and working every day to live up to the oath they took is someone I would want to return to Washington or a state capital for as long as they wanted to serve. An actual, effective term limit already exists anyway. If someone performs poorly, vote them out after 2, 4 or 6 years. There's your term limit.
Political media ads are a perfectly decent way for voters and those running for office to connect. The problem is we've allowed corporations to suddenly take on human form and have the same unlimited speech rights an individual does.
Not every one of our 330 million citizens has the ability or means -- other than their vote -- to communicate with their representatives. I function as a lobbyist in my job on an infrequent but regular occasion. My special interests involve raising minimum wages and making sure things like public libraries and public schools are adequately funded, and the people who work in them are treated fairly. In the past I helped pass laws that ensured medical facilities used safer needles so nurses in places like state prisons didn't have to worry so much about getting stuck with a needle that was infected with HIV or hepatitis. Lobbyists in and of themselves are not the issue, it's the framework of the system in which they operate though that is horribly messed up.
I used to consider myself as sort of an anti-establishment person as well, but I came to realize that in the absence of government it isn't the common, everyday people who rise up and control their destiny. Its the insanely wealthy and the largest corporations that fill that vacuum. It's the very reason government exists. Now we can have good government or bad government, that's true. But when we have bad government, good government is the answer, not anarchy.
