The Historical Foundation of CONgress since 1890 and especially since WWII
Since Abe Lincoln in America, the feds routinely violate laws and the Constitution — violations for which govenment indicts average citizens!
Elected politicians fail to control government employee unions. Each cycle of elected clowns leaves behind the corrupt government employees who have no fear of not getting their annual raise and bonus, of being disciplined for failure to perform, of losing their health/retirement benefits, of being fired for insubordination or violations of the law. In essence, government employees can DO ANYHING THEY WANT!
Unions constantly 'drag their feet on the job' to force the expansion of government (and union dues balances) by threatening politicians of lost financial, government, and general political support during each election cycle. A happy union is a reelected politician! This method of government expansion occurs throughout government — the primary reason for government expansion. These union workers throughout various agencies write the regulations that restrict our freedom!
Eliminate Independent Agencies — Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Review Existing Statutes to Eliminate Agencies for Power Re-balancing; Check/Balances Don't Work
Anyone who believes this country is free is an idiot!
I have no budgetary sense or intuitive or acquired perception or ability to control my expenditures
A young boy from Illinois goes off to college. Half way through the semester, having foolishly squandered all his money ..... he calls home.
"Dad," he says, "You won't believe what modern education is developing! They actually have a program here in Missoula [Montana] that will teach our dog, Ole' Blue how to talk!"
"That's amazing," his Dad says. "How do I get Ole' Blue in that program?"
"Just send him down here with $1,000" the young boy says "and I'll get him in the course."
So, his father sends the dog and $1,000.
About two-thirds of the way through the semester, the money again runs out. The boy calls home.
"So how's Ole' Blue doing son?" his father asks.
"Awesome, Dad, he's talking up a storm," he says, "but you just won't believe this -- they've had such good results they have started to teach the animals how to read!"
"Read!?" says his father, "No kidding! How do we get Blue in that program?"
"Just send $2,500, I'll get him in the class." The money promptly arrives. But our hero has a problem.
At the end of the year, his father will find out the dog can neither talk, nor read. So he shoots the dog.
When he arrives home at the end of the year, his father is all excited.
"Where's Ole' Blue? I just can't wait to see him read something and talk!"
"Dad," the boy says, "I have some grim news. Yesterday morning, just before we left to drive home, Ole' Blue was in the living room, kicked back in the recliner, reading the Wall Street Journal, like he usually does".
"Then Ole' Blue turned to me and asked, so, is your daddy still messing around with that little redhead who lives down the street?"
The father went white and exclaimed, "I hope you shot that son of a bitch before he talks to your Mother!"
"I sure did, Dad!"
"That's my boy!"
The kid went on to law school, and now serves in Washington D.C. as a Congressman.
As your elected 'representative', I will provide a bogus, make-work, staff job that will help rip-off the taxpayer and pay you 33% more than the private sector for doing nothing.
John Adams said, “Without [term limits] every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey”. That being said, here are some of the reasons we believe our country needs Term Limits.
Term Limits can help break the cycle of corruption in Congress. Case studies show that the longer an individual stays in office, the more likely they are to stop serving the public and begin serving their own interests.
Term Limits will encourage regular citizens to run for office. Presently, there is a 94% re-election rate in the House and 83% in the Senate. Because of name recognition, and usually the advantage of money, it can be easy to stay in office. Without legitimate competition, what is the incentive for a member of Congress to serve the public? Furthermore, it is almost a lost cause for the average citizen to try to campaign against current members of Congress.
Term Limits will break the power special interest groups have in Congress.
Term Limits will force politicians to think about the impact of their legislation because they will be returning to their communities shortly to live under the laws they enacted.
Term Limits will bring diversity of people and fresh ideas to Congress.
[Editor's Note: If you want to get rich, i.e. advance from a low paying government bureaucrat job on the local or state level, THEN GET ELECTED TO THE US CONGRESS (House or Senate). Once you're elected, it's easy to steal from your campaign contributions or the Congressional budget allocated to your seat and staff. You can go on a government-funded junket with 'lavishly' paid expenses. The list of ways to steal from the government while in office is inexhaustible. There are only a few Congressmen who left Congress just wealthy instead of a multi-millionaire. Of course, there are several who arrived in Congress as multi-millionaires and don't need to steal from the government.]
