John Dingell Or Why Strict Term Limits Are Overdue

Posted: 2/27/2014 Updated: 11/10/2014

Trigger

The Cato Institute just published this article “Not These Guys Again! The Case for Term Limits” about term limits.

Just read “Abgeordneter John Dingell hört auf/Ein Leben im Kongress” (Loosely translated, Representative Dingell spent his whole life in the U.S. Congress).

When Representative John Dingell retires this Labor Union friendly, leftist/progressive U.S. Representative from a bygone time will have served a total of 59 years of his life from age 29 to age 88.

Dingell Dynasty

He succeeded his father John Dingell, Sr.

We learn from this article above that Representative Dingell (D) wants his much younger wife Deborah Dingell (30 years his junior) to succeed him. Outrageous or is it an old fashioned shame!

Strict Term Limits For Every Public Servant

Representative Dingell is a recoiling example that public service should not be a lifetime occupation.

It is high time for the U.S. Constitution to be amended as follows, no public servant or public sector employee or judge is to serve more than let’s say 10 years total.

Distribution Of Idiots

No matter how you slice it there are more idiots than wise and smart people around at any given time. Thus, if you introduce strict term limits, at least the idiots can not accumulate or just stay on in politics and government as they do now in the current systems in Western countries without term limits.

Fresh Ideas

Strict term limits would offer a chance to for false ideologies or persistent biases etc. to be replaced quicker with better solutions.

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