My first reaction to Rex Jabobsen’s “Limit terms of office” (Yuma Sun, January 3, 2012) was negative. I had read an article that showed how the entrenched bureaucracy in D.C. stymies change. Many bills that would reform the way Washington does business get pigeonholed by the bureaucrats who really run Washington. It takes a lot of experience for our representative to find ways to circumvent the behemoth.
His idea has resonated with me, however, and I now see the merit. As it is now our president and congressmen and women lose sight of their allegiance to “we the people” and spend most of their time running for re-election. If they are all lame ducks, perhaps they’ll think more about their legacy and spend their time making Washington work more efficiently for the folks who hired them.
According to the constitution, congress shall meet on the first Monday of December. I like that. They’d have less time to screw things up. They could put together a budget for the year and then go home and get a job.
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