🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <alan.809199775@amdahl.com>, alan@oes.amdahl.com (Alan
Bomberger) wrote:

> lynch@unt.edu (Claudia Lynch) writes:

> >What people who support term limits don't seem to realize is that by
> >limiting ELECTED officials terms (although it is probably a moot point
> >anyway, since it seems to be really unconstitutional), you are allowing
> >far more power to be in the hands of UNELECTED officials. All the
> >congressional aides, etc. who are hired to keep the place running, for
> >example.
> 
> It is not a requirement to keep the same unelected staff.  In fact one
> would assume that a short time Congresscritter would want to get all
> of his/her home state cronies on the payroll to increase the opportunities
> at the end of the term.  A term limit proposal could make this more obvious
> be terminating all staff automatically at the election and require all
> staffers to re-apply for jobs.
> 

You have to be practical. SOMEBODY needs to know how things work in
Congress. Greenhorns don't have a clue. Why do you think Newt and company
let all the lobbyists in to write their bills for them? They had fired all
the staff of the Democrats they defeated and they didn't know how to do
anything.

Claudia

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