In February of the year 2020, I heard of the first Covid-19 deaths in the United States. In March, the first in Michigan. That one was actually in my hometown of Southgate. From that point there was a campaign to remove the elderly from society.
On the pretext of protecting us from Covid, we were denied company of any kind if we were residents of nursing homes or assisted living facilities. We were denied entrance to family gatherings as well as all the restaurants and public events that none of us, regardless of age, were allowed to attend.
Since then, I repeatedly am treated to comments from all directions, conservatives as well as liberals, touting the theory that our Senate and Congress are ruined because of all the people running it who are way too old to be in leadership positions. Ladies and gentlemen: that is not the problem. On the contrary, many of our elderly possess wisdom obtained through years of hard-won experience and keen observation.
The problem is that too many people have been in positions of great influence for too many years with no accountability and little or no challenge to their agendas.
The term limits being sought through the Convention of States Project resolution would provide much needed relief from this condition. Our founders likely never considered term limits because it would not have occurred to them that anyone would want to remove themselves from their businesses, their farms or most especially their families for such inordinately long periods of time.
Originally, our government was not set up so that our representatives would or could become wealthy by calling themselves Senators or Congressmen. But the farther away from our roots our government becomes, the farther away is its concern. When the Conventions of States returns power to state and local government, it will return that power to folks who have to face their families - spouses, parents, children, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, as well as neighbors, church members and entire communities after making any questionable decisions. Can you imagine looking all those people in the eye, knowing you have let them down?
Also, our representatives will know that, upon making difficult but beneficial decisions, they will come home to well earned praise.
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