tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post4154573972106268306..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: Same Old Tired IssuesMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-87009316699751914162016-03-18T10:05:40.582-04:002016-03-18T10:05:40.582-04:00Has anyone really looked at how term limits have &...Has anyone really looked at how term limits have "worked" in the states that have them?? IMHO they haven't worked very well, Michigan is a prime example.<br /><br />I've noticed that those that are the most fervent for term limits are those whose party can't get elected unless the incumbent is not allowed to run again. And it has worked very well for them, again Michigan is a prime example!!<br /><br />Also term limits give more power to the bureaucrats, politicians may come and go, but bureaucrats are around forever!! Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-49191346189665931112016-03-17T18:53:50.737-04:002016-03-17T18:53:50.737-04:00Term limits = "meet the new boss; same as the...Term limits = "meet the new boss; same as the old boss." As several people here have already said, if the voters want term limits they can demonstrate this by voting out the incumbent. Problem solved.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-65040729635957817392016-03-17T11:27:49.568-04:002016-03-17T11:27:49.568-04:00All we have to do is get the other half of the vot...All we have to do is get the other half of the voters to form an opinion and show up to actually vote. For a nation that espouses so much greatness and freedom a lot of people don't really seem to give a shit. Elections are term limits, but you have an good idea about appointments. To approve it would take an act of congress which almost never happens anymore.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-45806578431336194472016-03-17T08:26:50.063-04:002016-03-17T08:26:50.063-04:00BBC - Exactly. Term limits I think would add more...BBC - Exactly. Term limits I think would add more complexity only gives more advantage to the back room bosses. <br /><br />Nasreen Iqbal - I like that term "institutional memory". You are absolutely right. <br /><br />Ol'Buzzard - It can't be any "less functional"? How can you possibly know that? The problems you point up could still happen no matter how long they are allowed to stay in office. Term limits do not solve the basic rot and decay that is found in the workings of Congress. The system needs attention. Just swapping personnel does in no way insure that.<br /><br />JACKIESUE - As the process is rigged, yes, I think you are right. MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-72374349541498305752016-03-16T19:50:41.101-04:002016-03-16T19:50:41.101-04:00"some new asshole will come in to replace the..."some new asshole will come in to replace them."<br /><br />By the end of the year....BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-66285700401422146502016-03-15T21:34:04.127-04:002016-03-15T21:34:04.127-04:00some new asshole will come in to replace them.some new asshole will come in to replace them.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-91719771477444266182016-03-15T19:41:45.971-04:002016-03-15T19:41:45.971-04:00Term limits may be wishful thinking, but it could ...Term limits may be wishful thinking, but it could not be any less functional.<br /><br />It is the only job where you can vote in your own pay raises. Do they realy need a House Doctor, a House gym, a House cafeteria with cut rate prices... and free medical and a retirement? They spend 80% of their time when they are at work lining up supporters for reelection - and they work on a hand full of days a year. Did you ever wonder why they draw out committies for so long - they get extry pay for each committee they are on... <br />They are the real welfare queens. <br />the Ol'BuzzardOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-62325662804082927932016-03-15T19:28:28.743-04:002016-03-15T19:28:28.743-04:00I've been on governing boards and bodies. A lo...I've been on governing boards and bodies. A lot of it's pretty mundane. But very often, we're trying to remember how we handle a certain task or why we handle it in a certain way, and everybody looks to the senior member of the team. It's incredibly important to have an institutional memory so you're not recreatiing the same old four-sided wheels all of the time and then spending a week making them round again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856160423100846727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-30303817292759221602016-03-15T18:51:07.996-04:002016-03-15T18:51:07.996-04:00I see no point in term limits, if we don't lik...I see no point in term limits, if we don't like those in office we can always vote them out of office, that seems like a pretty good term limit to me. BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.com