Term Limits

[nini2287]

Sorry forgot to allow for multiple options on the last poll.

Anyway which of these offices should have term limits, and what should they be?  I say all executive offices should have 2 4-year term limits.

[WiseGuy]

I believe the President should have a term limit of three terms, Senators and Representatives should be limited to five terms, and state offices should be decided by the States.

[A18]

The 22nd amendment is good.

[Emsworth]

No office should have term limits. I don't think that the People's choices in elections should be restricted without reasonable cause, which I do not feel exists in this case.

However, I can tolerate term limits for executive offices, though not really for legislative ones.

[Citizen James]

President and Senate, two terms/ ten years (in the case of completing someone elses term)
Congress - five terms (ten years)
Governor - up to state, recomend 2 terms/ ten years.
State senator and rep, up to state, recomend same as senate and congress
Mayor - depends on length of term
City council - depends on length of term
School board - depends on if there are enough candidates.

[Jake]

7, 8, and 9 to encourage others to run because local government pretty much makes officials rock solid safe unless they screw up badly. New blood is preferable to corrupt 'leaders'.

[Dave from Michigan]

none, I guess I tend to lean towards allowing the people should be able to elect them as long as they want  i don't know about where you live but city commission elections here are interesting  although they have slowed down lately. a few years ago the whole entire 4 commission members were thrown out of office.

[Frodo]

The President of the United States, but no one else. 

[Giant Saguaro]

I think for the overall good all of them should. Especially offices like school boards, city councils, and stuff where people network and build good old boy clubs.

[YRABNNRM]

NOTA

[Ebowed]

None.  I strongly oppose term limits.

[Bono]

I'm undecided on the others, but the president should have only one term, and it should be extended to six years.

[Democratic Hawk]

Limits on executives (i.e. President, Governor and Mayor) but no limits on legislators

Dave

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Term limits are fundamentally undemocratic; if the people of Dearborn, MI want to vote for the same Representative every election for something nearing 50 years, then the people of Dearborn should be allowed to do it. To say that they can't is undemocratic and blatently elitist.

[A18]

Term limits are fundamentally undemocratic, and that is why they are so good. Might as well say if the people of Dearborn, MI want to pass a law abridging the freedom of speech, they should be allowed to, and saying otherwise is 'blatantly elitist.'

[A18]

The balanced budget was vetoed by President Clinton. The balanced budget amendment lost by a vote or two in the Senate, due to lack of Democratic support. Democrats refused to go along with the term limits amendment, so that failed too. (You need a two-thirds majority; not a simple majority).

By the way, the Contract with America was a list of legislative items the leadership promised to put up for a vote. They didn't guarantee it'd all be passed (the GOP never had a chance at getting a two-thirds majority, required for constitutional amendments). Virtually all items that did require a mere majority were vetoed by Clinton.

[A18]

The deficit doesn't matter. What does matter is spending, and cutting taxes is a good way to "starve the beast," so to speak. The balanced budget amendment is something we support not for its own sake, but in order to hold down spending.

The Contract with America dealt with the 104th Congress. The GOP passed a balanced budget, Clinton vetoed it. No broken promise there.

The GOP kept getting elected before any tax cut was passed.

[A18]

Running up deficits means spending more than you take in. That's not a good idea for holding down spending. Taking in less is a good idea for holding down spending.

Wealth creation has easily outpaced debt, so it's not a problem.

[Emsworth]

Of course it's a problem. Just look at how much we spend on interest.

That's a result of the national debt, which is distinct from the deficit (although dependent on it).

[Bono]

what does that have to do with term limits?

[A18]

If you borrow money to buy an asset, and that asset has a higher return than your interest, you're in fine shape.

[??????????]

I don't believe in any form of term limitation.