The Number One Issue For The Tea Party

Seeing as how I've tea-bagged myself into the Tea Party, I think I should pontificate on what I think their number one issue should be for this election. Two words: TERM LIMITS. I believe that everyone who is Tea Party approved for the November election should support getting term limits placed on Congress.

We have seen what constant re-election brings out in Senators and House members over the years: arrogance and entitlement. Some of the current members of Congress have been there so long they believe it is their right. I remember the news media referring to Scott Brown's seat in Massachusetts as the "Kennedy" seat and how that infuriated me. No one has a right to claim a Senate or House seat as their own. For Heaven sakes, they are there to serve the public not the other way around.

We've all seen what spending too much time as a lawmaker has done to Princess Nancy and Prince Harry. If only the little people could understand their plight. Only they carry the burden of knowing what is good for us since we are unable to decide that for ourselves. How unselfish and humanitarian of them.

And let's keep this term limits thing simple. Two terms in either house and you are through with that section of Congress. Thank you for your service, now give someone else a chance at governing. Yes, that does mean that someone could spend two terms in the House and two in the Senate but the worst we would have to suffer is 16 years of them. Now there is lots of room for negotiation here. I would be open to one term in the Senate and/or three terms in the House for a total of 12 years. Fewer years is better. I would also be open to other combinations but let's keep to serving for a max of 10-15 years total.

Term limits have the distinct advantage of providing fresh blood to Washington and keeping the special interests from becoming entrenched. Does this guarantee an end to corruption? No, but electing people of character will do that job.

So this year, push the candidates on the issue of term limits. See if the person you will be voting for will support term limits or not. How? Email them and ask them or give them a call.

The ruling class in Washington must be disbanded before we end up with a Dictatorship or an Oligarchy (rule by the few). Let's get our voice listened to again in Washington. Vote for Tea Party approved candidates that support term limits for Senators and House members.

Oh, yeah, and while we're at it, let's try and get Senators appointed by State Legislatures again rather than being elected by popular vote. Our Founding Fathers thought it was the right way to run this republic and we should get back to it.