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Don’t Rely on the Altruism of Baby Boomers
David Brooks must have thought yesterday was April Fools Day – that or he thinks he’s getting old so he decided to pen a column painting a rosy picture for seniors by coming to a senile conclusion. In The Geezers’ … Continue reading
Posted in National
Tagged change congress, health care, KVNU FTP, money, New York Times, Obama, technology, term limits
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Bob Lonsberry Contradicts Himself on Term Limits
It’s not really fair to expect everyone to have an up or down opinion on a candidate within a week of their campaign being announced. For that reason there should be nothing surprising about the fact that Bob Lonsberry is … Continue reading
Posted in State
Tagged 2010, candidates, connections, media, Mike Lee, senate, term limits
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Term Limits in a Nutshell
I read what must be the most succinct summary of the term limit debate over at Utah Policy. LaVarr Webb said: I am a big fan of congressional term limits if they are applied across the board. It would be … Continue reading
Term Limits for All
One year ago today I pointed out that the subject of term limits becomes popular after an election. Like clockwork it came up again this year. Jim DeMint jumped the gun a bit by announcing three weeks ago that he … Continue reading
Posted in culture, National, State
Tagged amendments, civic participation, connections, Jim DeMint, term limits
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Senator Jim DeMint on Term Limits
I started a discussion on term limits a couple of years ago on this site and between what I said then and what I have said on other sites I think my position on term limits is fairly clear – … Continue reading
Posted in culture, National, State
Tagged amendments, campaign promises, change congress, Constitution, ideals, issues, Jim DeMint, term limits, Utah
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Constitutional Amendment 22
Off and on in various circles the idea of mandating term limits for various elected officials is discussed with varying degrees of interest. I wonder if many of these discussions would exist in the absence of the 22nd Amendment. No … Continue reading
Posted in culture, National
Tagged amendments, Constitution, documents, history, term limits
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Federalist Nos. 71 – 72
In three sentences Federalist No. 71 conveys the primary reason to prefer a republic over a democracy: It is a just observation, that the people commonly INTEND the PUBLIC GOOD. This often applies to their very errors. But their good … Continue reading
Posted in General, National
Tagged documents, federalist, history, questions, term limits
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Post-Election Subjects
There must be something about the conclusion of an election that brings up the subject of term limits. I wrote about it a couple of times a year ago and have said nothing about it since then. Now the Standard … Continue reading
Utah Legislative Tenure
First I would like to thank Steve Urquhart for his comments. And in case anyone got the wrong impression, I had no intention to spar with Steve over this issue or single him out. I respect Rep. Urquhart for his … Continue reading
Term Limits
I asked what people were interested in and the interest seemed to be term limits. I decided to do some initial research and found a good resource on term limits. The states that currently have term limits are: ARIZONA ARKANSAS … Continue reading