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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,977
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Quote:
Originally posted by jorian
The people on this thread have the luxury of advocating politically suicidal security measures. We don't have to get re-elected.
Unfortunately the buck always stops with someone who has to answer to the electorate.
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Just another reason for term limits. With term limits the people in office have more of a reason to do what is right, as opposed to what it would take to get re-elected.
Is not doing the right thing any better? As Stoney says above, doing nothing nothing in a time like this is much worse.
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