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In response to "I've been thinking that it would be better if you could only be a one term President." by Loyola

yeah, I'm starting to think this might be best for all political offices.

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Feb 17 '10, 10:46

The root of most of our problems in gov't may just be the 'career politician'.

Maybe we should draft people like with jury duty.

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You don't learn to be a good politician overnight, so the learning curve alone would result in a lot of mistakes, errors. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 10:55 6
- easy. you make the jobs of congressional staffers civil service positions. - znufrii Feb 17, 11:01 2
  - But to get anything done, congressmen and staffers would have to develop good relationships. Having only two years to do this makes it difficult -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 11:04 1
    - well, I don't think a single-term limit (for representatives at least) would be feasible in the first place... -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 11:04
- I am a bit cynical as to what "how to be a good politician" really entails... - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 10:59 2
  - Having worked directly with rookie pols who were well-meaning, but naive to the guts of the actually machinery of office, I can tell you it's mostly.. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 11:07
  - except in our current system, the desire to do the former necessitates the latter, pretty much. -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 11:02
We already have term limits and career politicians exist only becuase we permit them. - Will Hunting Feb 17, 10:51 11
- how do you propose to solve the issue? -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 10:57 9
  - Other than mass murder, there's no answer. We get what we deserve. - Will Hunting Feb 17, 11:06 2
    - *that's* practical, for sure. - znufrii Feb 17, 11:07 1
      - You want practical? The SC pretty much made practical non-useful last month - Will Hunting Feb 17, 11:14
  - Independent adminsitration of elections and electoral boundaries. It's really that simple. -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 11:05 5
    - well, yes, that would be a start... -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 11:06 4
      - Fewer gerrymandered electorates would give candidates more incentive to appeal to the centre to win the election, and less to skew hard to the right - Roger More Feb 17, 11:10 3
        
        Of course, I'd just as soon do away qith geographic delineations of congressional districts altogether. - znufrii Feb 17, 11:11 2
        
        Once you have a democratic system in place, you have to reform it through baby-steps -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 11:15
        
        *goes to change his pants* -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 11:12
- No argument there. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 10:55
its not so much the political office itself that is the career these days, its the sattelites of political influence surrounding them... -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 10:48 3
- term limits are a good start, imho, but how do you prevent them from hanging around to influence things after they've left office? -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 10:49 2
  - I guess my thinking is that most lobbying/influence is done by contributing to the incumbent's campaign fund, right? - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 10:53 1
    - there's also the staff members that get jobs with lobbying firms, the industry insiders hired as congressional staff...the money is just part of it... - znufrii Feb 17, 10:56

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