The health of our Nation’s future calls for congressional term limits

The term limiting of Presidents by the congressionally passed 22d amendment in 1951 is a good example of why, and how. Now we citizens need to go one step farther. Here’s why. The whole D.C. atmosphere has become a career pattern, old world aloof-like, and income producing patterns of successful election, service, followed by vast income producing lobbyist payrolls. That might even be fine if most citizens thought what was going on was in the nation's interests, vice citizens milking the nation's vast public monies. Even a few rich families like the Kennedy’s, or Bush’s, or Clinton’s get in through the haze. The simple question is still: how about our national interests? One can extrapolate this to such things as: there is not a cent in the public treasury for social security or medicare and medicade. And our elected servants have done this to us!

There was a fad about term limits about a decade or so ago. And it was admirable, to include the elected politicians who actually did it, as in lead by example. That has not worked for the benefit of the nation, as a whole. The status quo still seems well ensconced. Since we citizens who vote are still in charge, it is time to take charge and lead term limits for our voted representatives.

Here’s a quick primer. The Constitution can be amended either by a Congressional process, or a State process. This author will defer to the politicians and wonderful leader citizens who agree with this idea of congressional term limits. And whether it is Senators, or Representative, or both, and how much, is up to the process. But along the way of our Nation’s history, the idea of congressional term limits and an amendment to enforce it seems to be in our National Interests, and probably the World’s interests.

We are not too shabby. In fact America and its constitution are the light of the world.