#6 COWARDLY CONGRESS

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Another reason for Congressional Term Limits is that Congress is showing a disturbing lack of ‘backbone’ to do what ordinary commonsense demands that it do for the good of the country.

There are a number of clear examples. One of the most egregious is the constant battle about closing obsolete, yet costly, military bases, as recommended by the military, or by special commissions set up to study the problem (so that Congress can avoid the responsibility of making the decision).

While it is true that such actions are economically hurtful to the affected local constituencies, it is no different than the local buggy-whip factory going out of business because of no demand for its product. Such things happen in life and cannot be avoided.

But, since the general U.S. taxpayer is paying for useless military bases the cost appears painless; on the other hand, since the local politicians are afraid they might not be reelected if the bases are closed, they fiercely oppose base closures. (The ‘not in my backyard’ syndrome).

With term limits in place, a far greater percentage of the politicians would already be in their final term, so that reelection was not a concern, and therefore they would be free to vote the responsible way, e.g. to close wasteful bases.

Other examples of ‘cowardly’ Congressional behavior include creating bureacracies to which they delegate the ability to define laws which take away property rights (wetlands, endangered species, etc) which if they (Congress) enacted specifically, would get them booted out of office in a hurry.

It is time for a Congressional Term Limits Amendment.

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