Term Limits

I am glad to see the anti-incumbent sentiment sweeping the nation. If we can manage to replace a large percentage of the career politicians in Washington in the 2010 elections the first issue the new congress must focus on is reforming the political system to reduce its corrupting influences. One way of doing this is by pushing for a Constitutional Amendment for Term Limits for Congress.

I believe a Senator should be limited to two terms, while the terms of House members should be expanded to four years but with a three term limit.

This change would allow members from both chambers to serve the same time in office but have the added benefit of reducing the number of elections that a house member would have to finance by half. Campaign fundraising takes too much time away from house members main duty which should be the representation of their constituents and is corrupting in itself. For example, incumbents raised on average $1.2 Million ($50,000/month) prior to the 2008 election (See http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/10/us-election-will-cost-53-billi.html).

Because of my strong belief in the need for term limits I will not wait for legislation to limit my time in office and therefore I will enter into an agreement approved by the Alliance for Bonded Term Limits that will limit me to eight years in office. The Alliance for Bonded Term Limits has a voluntary plan where candidates pledge a significant portion of their net worth in a promissory note not to run for more than 4 terms in office. If I were to run for a fifth term I would forfeit the face value of this note in cash to the Textile Heritage Museum. This is a group I have worked with over the years with the intent to preserve the stories and history of all the textile mill workers - a group that has lost 72% of their jobs in North Carolina since 1990 under the misrepresentation of incumbent Coble.

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Bonded Term Limits: http://www.bondedtermlimits.org/

WXII shown on Textile Heritage Museum: http://www.wxii12.com/

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