Comments on: Time to Revisit Term Limits http://www.welchforpa.com/2010/02/time-to-revisit-term-limits/ Bring accountability to Government spending Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:30:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JBinPhilly http://www.welchforpa.com/2010/02/time-to-revisit-term-limits/comment-page-1/#comment-119 JBinPhilly Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:35:51 +0000 http://www.welchforpa.com/?p=523#comment-119 While I am definitely for term limits and believe they would help stop this vicious cycle, they are only one part of the solution. You also, as Tal wrote, need campaign finance reform so that our politicians don't have to spend most of their term raising money for their next election. In our current system, Senate elections even in the smallest states can cost tens of millions of dollars. To raise that kind of money requires near-constant campaigning, which impedes the ability (and interest) of our politicians to actually use their power to accomplish things. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the FEC case isn't going to help this situation any. By allowing corporations to throw their money around on campaign ads, politicians will become even more indebted to money. While I am definitely for term limits and believe they would help stop this vicious cycle, they are only one part of the solution. You also, as Tal wrote, need campaign finance reform so that our politicians don't have to spend most of their term raising money for their next election. In our current system, Senate elections even in the smallest states can cost tens of millions of dollars. To raise that kind of money requires near-constant campaigning, which impedes the ability (and interest) of our politicians to actually use their power to accomplish things.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the FEC case isn't going to help this situation any. By allowing corporations to throw their money around on campaign ads, politicians will become even more indebted to money.

]]> By: Gerit Alexander http://www.welchforpa.com/2010/02/time-to-revisit-term-limits/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Gerit Alexander Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:51:59 +0000 http://www.welchforpa.com/?p=523#comment-115 I am all for term limits and your idea is a great one! I am all for term limits and your idea is a great one!

]]> By: Tal Raviv http://www.welchforpa.com/2010/02/time-to-revisit-term-limits/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Tal Raviv Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:42:31 +0000 http://www.welchforpa.com/?p=523#comment-105 I like this idea but it would be ineffective without simultaneous campaign finance reform and limits on lobbying and special interest donations. I like this idea but it would be ineffective without simultaneous campaign finance reform and limits on lobbying and special interest donations.

]]> By: DAN LEJEUNE http://www.welchforpa.com/2010/02/time-to-revisit-term-limits/comment-page-1/#comment-103 DAN LEJEUNE Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:52:32 +0000 http://www.welchforpa.com/?p=523#comment-103 OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!! OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Elle Wood http://www.welchforpa.com/2010/02/time-to-revisit-term-limits/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Elle Wood Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:25:47 +0000 http://www.welchforpa.com/?p=523#comment-102 I agree completely. We need a new mindset, new leadership, and a new way of doing things. We cannot solve problems with the same tools that have created them. I agree completely. We need a new mindset, new leadership, and a new way of doing things. We cannot solve problems with the same tools that have created them.

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