I have been reading the Fed Pap lately and I am amazed at the timeliness of the writings of over 200 years ago. I am amazed at the comparisons that can be made between the king and our current congress. The loss of power to the people etc. Jefferson and Hamilton both agree that the qualities we want in our elected people are as follows: 1. No person should be paid a salary to govern; this is what happened in feudal England. 2. No person should be elected and be ab le to stay in congress and become a professional politician. This leads to only represent themselves not the person elected them and leads to decision making that enables their reelection not the best decision for the country. 3. No person should be elected who has done nothing. Not run a business, raised a family, run a farm etc. 4. All should have a since of value and a commitment to America not a narrow focus. Term limits should be imposed if the congress will not limit themselves.
Here we are today with professional politicians who only want to maintain their power base. They have no interest in the country as a whole only in making money and maintaining power that they can then use to keep them in office. Jefferson points out that we are unable to fix politiacal problems when government gets to complicated. That the Dukes and Counts have the ability to continue to hide in the wings outside of the view of the public. Therefore government is dume to failure as a republic if the operation of the gov gets to complicated. IE the irs, Dept of education, pentagon, etc.
Lets vote all out and look at term limits as means to protecting the republic.
Conservative, veteran, family man, raised in Des Moines and currently living in Northern Minnesota (since 1968). I was and still am a social, fiscal and cultural conservative. I am a student of our culture its values, politic, its foreign and domestic policies. Personal Liberty is the historical cornerstone of our way of life.
