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- From: zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk)
- Subject: Re: Term limits (was Re: Patsy Schroeder on Term Limits)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.123923.13783@fasttech.com>
- Organization: Fast Technology
- References: <1992Nov19.212555.5049@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 12:39:23 GMT
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- In <1992Nov19.212555.5049@pmafire.inel.gov> cdm@pmafire.inel.gov (Dale Cook) writes:
-
- >One of the big concerns of a new rep is to simply figure out the
- >bureaucracy. So what term limits *will* accomplish is a creating a
- >continuous crop of new reps who have very little idea how the system
- >operates. This will, in my opinion, place a great deal of power in the
- >hands of career bureaucrats that isn't there now.
-
- >What choice does a newbie rep have but to rely on the advice and experience
- >of the permanent staff?
-
- That's easy.
-
- The new congressman can always vote to get rid of as many career bureaucrats
- as possible. All he needs to do are two very simple things:
-
- 1) reduce congressional staff and micromanagement
- 2) reduce executive bureaucracy by eliminating entire agencies
-
- It's too bad that the American public wants MORE, MORE, MORE from their
- government, so the above can't possibly happen.
-