Monday, October 10, 2011

Presidential term duration

This post is just bringing up my personal belief that the term for the president of the United States should be different.

Here is my opinion:  I think the president's term should be extended to 10 years from 4 years; however, at that time the president cannot be reelected.  Why?  Because the president wastes half of his first term trying to get reelected for his second term.  If he was elected for the full duration (with no hope of reelection) then he can focus all of his time on running the nation efficiently.  He doesn't have to 'save' any special programs until an election year to make him look good.  He can just do his damn job without having to worry about getting enough money to run again.  This could be the first change help loosen the strangle hold that Big Business has over the government.

But with this I think that laws should be passed to allow THE PEOPLE a way to push an impeachment on the president with this plan.  Maybe that during every 4 years (so two times during his term) there is a "impeachment vote" where the people can vote and if the vote is more than 75% (just throwing out numbers) the president is impeached.  This keeps the president focused on doing his job and keeping the public aware of how well he is doing his job.

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