Two Objectives for Tax Revolts

Here are two objectives for the Tax Revolt Tea Parties.

First, let's start petitions/referendums to change to each State's constitution in order to impose term limits on our Federal representatives in Congress.

I suggest term limits of no more than three terms in the House of Representatives (for a total of 6 years) and two terms in the Senate (ditto).

That gives any one seeking a federal-level political career a potential 18 years in office which is still currently less than most of these jokers have served.

Term limits reduce the hold lobbyists have on politicians while leaving their free speech rights untrammelled.

Term limits prevent politicians from getting into entirely-too-cozy relationships with government committees or corporations.

Term limits ensure fresh perspectives and require our politicians to be beholden to their constituents rather than their own personal political fortunes.

Term limits should check pork spending because the opportunities for back-scratching will be naturally limited, but it will not eliminate pork which in and of itself is not a bad thing in moderation.

And term limits in Congress check and balance the term limit currently imposed on the Presidency.

Additionally, I would suggest that State governments hold their own ethical reviews of their Federal representatives rather than expect Congress to effectively enforce ethical behavior.

Congressional Representatives and Senators represent their States in Congress, the States should have the right, privilege and duty to hold their representatives to decent ethical behavior.

Clearly Congress is not policing itself. It should have that privilege stripped from them and each State should amend its constitutions to keep the right to subject their Federal representatives to ethical review.

That oughta put the fear of the electorate into these fools.