When this nation was founded holding political office was
not viewed as a career
Over time as the federal grew in size and budget the concept
of a citizen politician started to disappear
Then mostly men who would serve several terms then go back
the private sector to earn a living and with the family more time to spend
Now more and more officeholders once in office staying in
office until beset with adverse health issues, criminal conduct or the final
redistricting of death as the new trend
Being in office has become a ticket to amass great wealth
which rarely diminishes when a defeated or retiring office holder becomes a
lobbyist
With so much insider information on spending plans and the
growing federal budget political office as a career is hard to resist
Money is the mother’s milk of politics and office holders
became experts in raising cash
So a cash strapped challenger’s attempt to unseat too often
will crash
With PAC money diluting the ability of citizens to influence
legislation and executive orders
If this republic ever fails and reverts to autocratic rule
The tidal wave of campaign donations permitted by the
Citizens’ United case will be viewed as the enabling tool
If we were able to cap political campaign expenditures the
deck would be further stacked in favor to the incumbent
Far better would be to impose at the federal level term
limits which would the power of incumbency severely bent
Marcy Kaptur a Blue who has served in the from Ohio for 41
years and is asking voters to her reelect
Her Red challenger in this district which went for Trump in
2016 and 2020 is claiming at 78 she has been there too long and so out of touch
the voters should her reject
Term limits would end the tyranny of entrenched incumbents which would be a good thing
While the power of the unelected bureaucrats of the Deep
State would the unwanted remote tyranny of bureaucrats bring
© 10/22/2024 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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