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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Restricting Officials to Single Terms
Message-ID: <1958@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Aug-83 13:07:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 15 13:07:57 1983
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	I can't believe all this silliness about restricting officials
to single terms. What is democracy all about, for goodness' sake?
Are we only to allow democracy to the point where people can vote
based on advertising and campaigning, or will we let it to continue
to be based at least in part on track record?
	I think people out there have the attitude that we shouldn't
allow re-election because politicians while in power will do things
that the populace want. Who are we to say that what people want
isn't what they should get? Surely that's the most *basic* element
of democracy. Accountability to the people, combined with the desire
for re-election, is what keeps the political system honest.

Dave Sherman, Toronto
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