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Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:17:03
by Funnyrunner
House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr.., R-Norwalk, pictured standing, far right,

speaks while colleagues Rep. Barbara Lambert, D-Milford and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, D-Bridgeport,

play solitaire Monday night as the House convened to vote on a new budget. (AP)

The guy sitting in the row in front of these two... he's on Facebook, and the guy behind Hennessy

is checking out the baseball scores.

These are the folks that can't get the budget out ! Seriously?

Re: Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:51:58
by allingeneral
Not only do they not read the legislation, but they also don;t listen to the discussions of the legislation. Maybe they've already decided how they're going to vote and have no input for the discussion. Maybe some of the discussion would make them think differently, so they should be paying attention. Maybe my tax money is paying their salary and maybe they don't care about that either.

Re: Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:52
by OakRidgeStars
Makes you wonder what they did before they had laptops with internet access

Re: Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:45:44
by VBshooter
Maybe actually did the job???

Re: Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:53:52
by OakRidgeStars
Good one, Spence :hysterical:

Re: Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:09:06
by meadmkr
Been saying we need term limits for a long time...

Total of 30 years appointed/elected office at the federal level with no more than 12 years at any 1 level. Still allows for a career of service and to build experience and short enough to prevent another Senator-for-life (like Kennedy/Byrd/etc)....

Pro is to Con as Progress is to Congress
CW

Re: Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:07:19
by zephyp
We definitely need term limits. I say two lifetime terms for congressmen and 1 for senators. If they need longer than that then they need to go do something else thats far away from my money and rights.

Re: Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:43:00
by AXEL
Im thinking more of 25 yrs to life.

Re: Geat reason for term limits

Posted: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:23:24
by zephyp
AXEL wrote:Im thinking more of 25 yrs to life.
:hysterical: yup, sharing a small condo with a real big guy named Bubba or Leon.