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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Congressmen and clowns
Message-ID: <1300@cae780.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 13:54:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 13:54:37 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Sep-85 05:01:55 EDT
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Reply-To: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
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In article <36200238@uiucdcs> tullis@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA writes:
>
>You know......
>Suppose we limited representatives to 2 terms and senators to 1 term.
>Then we could throw the bastards out before they had time to get rich.
>
>Seriously.

It's always seemed clear to me that the intention of the "founding fathers"
was just about that -- the "good men" would be willing to take off two or
six years, serve their country, and then go back to private life.  Similarly,
the Electoral College ain't a bad idea, if done as intended: each area
elects its best minds, and they all get together to pick the president and
vice president.

It would be sort of neat to give the Constitution a try after all these
years ...

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