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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
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Originally Posted by Enigma
You want term limits, to what? Override the vote of the majority of your state? If the man keeps getting elected, clearly he's wanted....
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I truly believe that most voters don't do their own thinking. That's why so many get re-elected... "straight party ballots"
Too many morons just select "straight rep" or "straight dem" |
So why do you think it is in the best interests of democratic governance to have the government override the will of the people? That's what term limits are. It is the government telling the citizens:
"It is not important who you want.
Your electoral decisions are irrelevant.
The government, can not allow you, the citizen, to have the freedom to elect who you want to;
Therefore, the government will take that freedom away from you. You will still be able to vote, but the government will tell you who you can't vote for."
That is what term limits are.
Is that really the optimal solution?
I agree that the average voter is ignorant and lazy. That is the problem. So why don't we try to fix that problem instead of trying to band-aid the problem by restricting civil rights.
Even if we do have term-limits for Congress, we will still have the same ignorant and lazy voters. Your solution does nothing to address the problem. These same ignorant and lazy voters will just elect some other equally unqualified person for the job instead of voting for the incumbent.
Term limits sound, on the surface, like a good solution. But a moment's reflection should show that the solution may be worse then the problem.