Quote Originally Posted by lars573 View Post
So if you want less corruption and term limits, terms would have to be increased. To 5 years at least, 6-8 ideally.
With this being said, I support term limits on US Senators, but not Congressmen. The 2 year votes for the House is specifically meant for rapid changes of the whims of the people. There are benefits to this that I don't think people take account of.

And 90% of people are not willing to do more than that. I'm not.
But this not a consequence of human nature, but of culture.

Once, US voter participation hovered around the 80% mark, today it hovers around 50%.


Was the free silver debate really any more important than the issues of today? Or did the culture instill civil duty within everyone better?