Another Supreme Court Opinion Empowering the Powerless

Darla said:
I think it's so funny watching plebes all happy that multi-billionaires will be able to buy elections and legislation even more easily. It's like watching chickens line up for Colonel Saunders' autograph.
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Plebes don't often respect the Constitution, so this is progress.
 
IWI Tavor said:
Except you CAN'T take money out. Are you saying that I, a private individual, can't express my political opinions? Well that's the entire point of the 1A.

But term limits does a few things. It reduces incentive for large investments, because you won't get your moneys worth, it reduces incentive to take said money, because you can't use it (if you can't get reelected, why buy ad time?), and it allows actual reform to take place. Because as it is now, the people that are supposed to reform the system are the ones benefit the most for it remaining the same. Right now you CAN'T elect reformers because of seniority. Even if we, as a nation, were somehow able to elect 33 new senators all hell bent on ending corruption, they wouldn't be able to. They'd need to sit a few terms to gain seniority, and then MAYBE they'd get a shot at being on a bullshit committee, and THEN maybe after a couple more terms (provided they play along of course), they'd get a chance to be on an important committee.

Term limits would completely change that dynamic.
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You have zero proof of your assertion. We have term limits now. They are called elections
 
Term limits are not an answer either, because far too often the ubiquitous candidates are merely the faces of a local political machine.

Here in New York, the machine that churned out Chuck Schumer replaced him in the Congress with Anthony Weiner.

Even WITHIN the party, an outsider trying to challenge these machines faces a huge uphill battle.
 
Taft2016 said:
Term limits are not an answer either, because far too often the ubiquitous candidates are merely the faces of a local political machine.

Here in New York, the machine that churned out Chuck Schumer replaced him in the Congress with Anthony Weiner.

Even WITHIN the party, an outsider trying to challenge these machines faces a huge uphill battle.
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Agreed. An informed public is the best antidote but as posters like Jarod and rune prove stupidity abounds
 
In Nassau County, a Tea Party upstart got elected as a committeeman to the county GOP RINO leadership.

When he showed up for the first meeting, the GOP leadership had the police waiting for him and escorted him out as a "trespasser." Now they're looking to sue him for defamation when he complained about it to the newspapers.

One would think that would be a big news story....sadly not. Such machines are deeply entrenched across this country.
 
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