Tom's Blog

There is one thing that really makes me scratch my head.  That thing is why can't we have term limits for the congress?  If the President is limited to two four year terms, why can't Congress do something useful as to come up with a constitutional amendment that would limit represenatives to six two year terms and senators to two six year terms? 

 At least there would always be new people in the Congress and it would be more of a represenative government rather than a stale body like we have now.  Also, with more turnover, there would be fresh ideas in how to solve problems rather than the same old tax and spend or cut taxes and spend into debt so they can rationalize raising our taxes and spend even more money and increase more debt.

I know there are people that keep re-electing the same old people so that they can bring home more money to the state.  However, when the person has to have every new thing named after him (like Senator Byrd-and West Virginia) that does go too far. 

Why do we need to have people in Washington D.C., stay in congress for 20, 30, 40 or more years until they have to be carried out on a stretcher instead of leaving after 12 years of service for their country? 

By limiting how long a person can serve in congress will go a long way in changing how things can be done in Washington D.C.  I would rather have fresh faces in Washington rather than the same old faces that never fade into the sunset...we just see their recycled ads and their recycled yard signs every time they are up for re-election.