Term Limits for Congress?

In recent months the United States Congress has received some of its lowest approval raitings in decades. Political news programs are not so quick to point out some of the obvious truth about why Congress appears to be doing so poorly. Some people are not all lost however since I have heard a few voices say that Congress has lost all touch with the American people.

It does look as though Congress has lost America's pulse. They dont know where we stand. This can be attributed to two causes, but ultimately back to one main cause. The first is that Americans do not get involved in politics. They o not write thier Congressmen... they dont vote... and we dont write the newspaper. And when we do protest its usually organized by some large Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) or social policy group with millionair funders protesting some issue that frankly more Americans could care less about.

The second cause for Congress' poor approval ratings is that Congressmen have been in Washington for so long, they forgot (if they ever knew) what their average neighbors back home really want from government. Many Senators and House members stay in office for decades because they have been around long enough to vote on bills that assure they receive the right funding from lobbyists come re-election. Some people say that these Congressmen are re-elected by the people because the people want him back in office... bull shit! These men and women get go back to Washington because they could afford the advertisements on TV, the large hordes of people waiving signs on the street corners. They can afford to throw lavish fundraiser parties and basically present the image that they will win just because their campaign is flashier that the next person's -- forget issues, forget policy, forget character... unless you want to spend thousands smearing your opponent.

What this country needs, besides a massive overhauling of reform for campaign finance, is Term Limits on Congress. You can read about proposed ideas for Term Limits at www.WeakleyReport.com and find out more about the abuses of power from our own Congress.