Saturday, November 21, 2009
Thomas Jefferson and the other founding fathers had no idea that modern elections would devolve into the multi-million dollar monstrosities they are today, requiring lawmakers to spend inordinate amounts of their time campaigning and raising cash. So home financing and conservative commentator Roger Schlesinger has offered this solution: No consecutive terms for politicians. One election, then you’re out.
Under Schlesinger’s plan, politicians could return to office, but only after they take a hiatus equivalent to their elected term. Then, sit out again, and run again, etc.
“One of the benefits of this arrangement would be that only private citizens would be running for office,” writes Schlesinger. “No one would have the ‘incumbent’s advantage’ that makes re-election almost a sure thing for many, if not most, elected officials.”
-Noel Brinkerhoff
Consecutive Term? I Think Not! (by Roger Schlesinger, Townhall)
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