From William H. Holland
Monroe
To the editor,
If every voting American followed my lead during elections, citizens elected to office would solve our problems. It is remarkably simple:
Never, under any circumstances, vote for an incumbent.
This does not include presidential elections, because they have term limits. It is my way of imposing "term limits" on all politicians. A citizen elected to office will not be endlessly running for reelection, voting to keep big donors happy, and knowing their time in office is limited, will be able to make the hard decisions. The fear that we would elect some nutcase, radical, crook or the like is not a deterrent. We already have enough of them in office.
Among the hard decisions would be a state or U.S. law or Constitutional amendment addressing term limits, and courageous decisions dealing with debt, deficit spending, and major spending issues like Medicare and Social Security. All these things can be solved without losing benefits over the long term, if some hard, bipartisan decisions can be made.
The last honest politician I voted for re-election was Bill Proxmire, U.S. senator from Wisconsin, who once spent a total of $12, all of his own funds, to get re-elected, in generally lopsided votes. He had a sterling record of voting to benefit citizens, detested K Street operatives in Washington, and routinely tried to embarrass career politicians and goofy researchers with his Golden Fleece Award.
Incidentally, the Supreme Court Justices should have to stand for re-election. They are out of touch with the nation. Making a decision that restricting multimillionaire Super PACs from controlling the media is a violation of free speech proves my point. Freedom of speech by the normal person is being trampled by these PACs, and the Supreme Court agrees with that course of action.
I am not a Libertarian, but they do have a point. The U.S. government should only be involved in things like national defense, the FTC and ICC and the states should regulate things better done on the state level, like education and roads.
Stick with me, regardless of your political party, ideology, religion, race, or social status. Politics is the art of compromise. These radicals cannot be allowed to run our state or country.
Monroe
To the editor,
If every voting American followed my lead during elections, citizens elected to office would solve our problems. It is remarkably simple:
Never, under any circumstances, vote for an incumbent.
This does not include presidential elections, because they have term limits. It is my way of imposing "term limits" on all politicians. A citizen elected to office will not be endlessly running for reelection, voting to keep big donors happy, and knowing their time in office is limited, will be able to make the hard decisions. The fear that we would elect some nutcase, radical, crook or the like is not a deterrent. We already have enough of them in office.
Among the hard decisions would be a state or U.S. law or Constitutional amendment addressing term limits, and courageous decisions dealing with debt, deficit spending, and major spending issues like Medicare and Social Security. All these things can be solved without losing benefits over the long term, if some hard, bipartisan decisions can be made.
The last honest politician I voted for re-election was Bill Proxmire, U.S. senator from Wisconsin, who once spent a total of $12, all of his own funds, to get re-elected, in generally lopsided votes. He had a sterling record of voting to benefit citizens, detested K Street operatives in Washington, and routinely tried to embarrass career politicians and goofy researchers with his Golden Fleece Award.
Incidentally, the Supreme Court Justices should have to stand for re-election. They are out of touch with the nation. Making a decision that restricting multimillionaire Super PACs from controlling the media is a violation of free speech proves my point. Freedom of speech by the normal person is being trampled by these PACs, and the Supreme Court agrees with that course of action.
I am not a Libertarian, but they do have a point. The U.S. government should only be involved in things like national defense, the FTC and ICC and the states should regulate things better done on the state level, like education and roads.
Stick with me, regardless of your political party, ideology, religion, race, or social status. Politics is the art of compromise. These radicals cannot be allowed to run our state or country.
