Term Limits and Age

One of the biggest problems that I have with elected officials, especially in Congress as well as in the Supreme Court is that there is no limitation of terms.

Officials in Congress can spend 40 years or more in Congress and when that happens, they tend to be more concerned with RE-ELECTIONS than with doing anything that is right for Americans...

I can say this with confidence because the same problems we had in the 1960s we will have today in 2023...  nothing has really changed...  WHY?

TERM LIMITS is what we need in Congress.

We can limit the terms to two terms or we can say that these elected officials can serve no more than 20 years.  This includes Congress as well as the Supreme Court Justices.

There is something to be said for TENURE and I agree but TENURE is less important than nothing changing...

• We still have racial issues
• We still have drug problems
• We still have wage issues
• We still have rising healthcare costs
• We still have declining education
• We still have rising crime
• We still have military issues

How can a 75 or 80 year old elected official, including the President or a Supreme Court Justice, know what is right or proper for someone in their 30s or 40s.  Life change.  Societies change.  People change.  Education changes.

While I am all for a Democracy, I am 75 years old and if a majority of the people, who are younger, want a different form of government, then they have the right to GO THERE...  even if and when us older folks think it is wrong.

When these older elected officials were young and enter Congress their age caused them to make mistakes but they learned.  Now it is time for the younger generation to make mistakes and learn.  We must learn to trust the learning process and accept what our leaders think is best for the country.

It will not be too much longer before it is theirs anyway.

TERM LIMITS AND AGE LIMITATIONS for members of Congress, the Supreme Court Justices, and the President.