The Crisis in Accountability: Chapter 1 - Term Limits - The Perception vs. The Reality
The crisis in accountability is often reflected in the behavior and voting of those elected to public office. Much of what happens is contrary to the interests of their electorate and the Constitution they have sworn to uphold. They do not defend the institution they are in (Legislative, Executive) and they are always defending organizations over the citizen. The solution which most think would address this is "Term Limits". This idea is driven by very popular talking heads with large audiences supporting this as a solution.
There is a perception that Congress is made up of folks who can never get voted out. Is this perception accurate or is this a psychology just established by the dialog?
The lack of accountability is the disease plaguing government and society in general. The questions not asked or addressed on the issue of "Term Limits". Does any given constituency want to be represented by someone for 2 or 6 years who cannot be held accountable for their deeds because they are restricted from being reelected?
Is it "Government of the people, by the people, and for the people" if the choices of representation are being limited or restricted?
Recently the question of influence has been the focus of the public dialog. What has not been addressed is the kind of influence and from whom. The Framers design the system to be influenced by the citizen, the constituency. Not political parties, affluent individuals, corporations. organizations. One of solutions to returning representation to the people is to limit contributions to campaigns to only those that can vote for the office being run for. Another would be to allow the constituency of any office to vote the salaries of their representative up or down. Why not both?
The link attached has graphs displaying the distribution of tenure in office for both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
#TermLimits, #CampaignFinance, #SalariesofTheElectedOfficial, #TheCrisisInAccoutability
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members
The crisis in accountability is often reflected in the behavior and voting of those elected to public office. Much of what happens is contrary to the interests of their electorate and the Constitution they have sworn to uphold. They do not defend the institution they are in (Legislative, Executive) and they are always defending organizations over the citizen. The solution which most think would address this is "Term Limits". This idea is driven by very popular talking heads with large audiences supporting this as a solution.
There is a perception that Congress is made up of folks who can never get voted out. Is this perception accurate or is this a psychology just established by the dialog?
The lack of accountability is the disease plaguing government and society in general. The questions not asked or addressed on the issue of "Term Limits". Does any given constituency want to be represented by someone for 2 or 6 years who cannot be held accountable for their deeds because they are restricted from being reelected?
Is it "Government of the people, by the people, and for the people" if the choices of representation are being limited or restricted?
Recently the question of influence has been the focus of the public dialog. What has not been addressed is the kind of influence and from whom. The Framers design the system to be influenced by the citizen, the constituency. Not political parties, affluent individuals, corporations. organizations. One of solutions to returning representation to the people is to limit contributions to campaigns to only those that can vote for the office being run for. Another would be to allow the constituency of any office to vote the salaries of their representative up or down. Why not both?
The link attached has graphs displaying the distribution of tenure in office for both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
#TermLimits, #CampaignFinance, #SalariesofTheElectedOfficial, #TheCrisisInAccoutability
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members
The Crisis in Accountability: Chapter 1 - Term Limits - The Perception vs. The Reality
The crisis in accountability is often reflected in the behavior and voting of those elected to public office. Much of what happens is contrary to the interests of their electorate and the Constitution they have sworn to uphold. They do not defend the institution they are in (Legislative, Executive) and they are always defending organizations over the citizen. The solution which most think would address this is "Term Limits". This idea is driven by very popular talking heads with large audiences supporting this as a solution.
There is a perception that Congress is made up of folks who can never get voted out. Is this perception accurate or is this a psychology just established by the dialog?
The lack of accountability is the disease plaguing government and society in general. The questions not asked or addressed on the issue of "Term Limits". Does any given constituency want to be represented by someone for 2 or 6 years who cannot be held accountable for their deeds because they are restricted from being reelected?
Is it "Government of the people, by the people, and for the people" if the choices of representation are being limited or restricted?
Recently the question of influence has been the focus of the public dialog. What has not been addressed is the kind of influence and from whom. The Framers design the system to be influenced by the citizen, the constituency. Not political parties, affluent individuals, corporations. organizations. One of solutions to returning representation to the people is to limit contributions to campaigns to only those that can vote for the office being run for. Another would be to allow the constituency of any office to vote the salaries of their representative up or down. Why not both?
The link attached has graphs displaying the distribution of tenure in office for both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
#TermLimits, #CampaignFinance, #SalariesofTheElectedOfficial, #TheCrisisInAccoutability
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members
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