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Shrugged's avatar

As we've all witnessed in the last 25 years, politics is to serve the politician, not us. Congress will never vote in term limits because it would remove the reason most are there. However, there is one way to circumvent this roadblock - and the founders were ingenious for planning for this day 247 years ago.

It is call Article V Convention of States. Writings about this little known article in the Constitution are usually scare tactics and incorrect. Be careful of the "opinion journalism" gang. It is a Constitutionally created way for the voters to do what Congress won't do. That is, to stop the self-serving work that hurts the voter in the end. I invite everyone to look it up and support it.

For the states to call a Constitutional Convention, 38 states (75%+ super majority) must agree to do so. Then, WE THE PEOPLE decide things like term limits, pay rates for congress, control the IRS including whether to have an IRS to begin with instead of a flat tax, whether we need a Dept. of Education and Agriculture and an EPA. This is the only way to circumvent Congress. I believe about 20 states have signed on so far. My state of Ohio is working on it now.

Don, if you'll allow it, I will post their website here. https://conventionofstates.com/

More proof that our founders were geniuses. They foresaw this day almost 250 years ago.

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Stanley Yelnats's avatar

Term limit sounds good until you think of its results. The permanent, unelected administrative state would only get more powerful if there were term limits. I say do something about the administrative state -- term limits for them? defund and disassemble most of government? move most agencies to the heartland? -- then term limits for Congress. Of course, all that reorganization might just make Congress less powerful, or scare them straight, making term limits moot.

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