samsmart
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That they are recalled from office with the high percentage.
I would be okay with that.
That they are recalled from office with the high percentage.
I would be okay with that.
In general you need some amount of protection from popularism; otherwise we could never keep SCOTUS justices around too long; which is why I would set the value very high, certainly over 75%. I think 80 or so is about right. I just think there should be a method through which the People can exert control; particularly over the Judiciary which has assumed MASSIVE powers over the centuries.
The only thing that irks me about instituting term limits is that some people are incumbents for a reason - they do a good job. Sure we'd be throwing out a lot of garbage, but would we be replacing it with garbage, and would we be replacing our valuable seats with garbage as well?
Hey, I've got an idea! Let's just have things called elections to determine which incumbents to get rid of and which ones we should keep!
Oh, wait...
So you support removing term limits from the President?
Let's settle the issue of whether they belong in Congress first.
I absolutely support term limits, the American electorate are demonstrated idiots who cannot collectively make informed, rational, intelligent decisions.
Do you mean settle it in the voting aspect or in regards to answering in this thread.
Now, if its for the latter and you're saying you want to settle the issue IN THREAD first...how about you actually deal with what this thread is about which is Term Limits for ALL of government, not just "Congress first".
Who the hell do you think you are telling them how they should vote?
I'm not telling them how they should vote, I'm telling them they should be INFORMED.
Bull. A limit on terms is about limiting the vote, not information.
When they can prove they're making an informed decision, then we can get rid of term limits. So long as the American people are largely idiots, they haven't earned that right.