Comments on Advance Indiana™: Why Is Dan Burton Running Again?

While we're changing the law, let's vote f...

2011-07-12T16:41:09.382-05:00

While we're changing the law, let's vote for party, instead of person. If 10% of all voters vote for Libertarians, then the L's get 10% of the seats, and so forth.

Cato: 1. 7 years? Can we at least make it two 4...

2011-07-12T16:41:06.745-05:00

Cato:

1. 7 years? Can we at least make it two 4-yr terms, and make it 8 years, or should they quit 3/4 of the way through their 2nd term?

2. Do you include part-time positions such as County Commissioner and County Council in your suggestion?

3. Most importantly, what jobs is someone qualified to perform in the "private sector" after serving a term or two as county clerk or recorder?

IMHO, the idea of term limits at the local and state level is stupid. I'd like to have a state auditor that has served a term or two as county auditor. I would like the same for my treasurer. If we want to ipose term limits at the bloated federal level, that is an entirely different matter.

Term limits would not be needed if people would st...

2011-07-12T14:19:23.247-05:00

Term limits would not be needed if people would stop voting for the clown. It would also help if Burton didn't secretly encourage the massive number of GOP candidates to split the anti-Burton vote.

Maybe it's time to change state law and require runoffs, when no one gets a majority.

Term limits are a good idea, just like employment ...

2011-07-12T07:41:06.576-05:00

Term limits are a good idea, just like employment limits are a good idea for every other government job. Government jobs were not created with the expectation that the public would have to support a government employee with lifetime cash payments and lifetime health care and other insurance benefits.

Every true conservative will agree that a person should work for federal, state or local governments for no more than seven years, combined, then move along to the private sector.

Why is he running again? It's obvious. He, lik...

2011-07-11T21:10:04.375-05:00

Why is he running again?
It's obvious.
He, like most every other politician, believes that he is entitled to the position, that he himself is bigger than the title, and where else can he make quite as much money and all the perks/corruption to feather his own nest.

The idea of service to community via holding elected office is a dichotomy: On one hand experience is necessary to function effectively, although I'd also argue that the functioning of government is hardly effective or functional. That being said, I really dislike those who 'want' to be in those positions. It's possible that those who seek to run do so (initially) for altruistic reasons, but eventually the reasons and the person gets corrupted.

Term limits are a good idea. The idea of the voter limiting the term is quaint-incumbents have all the advantages as far as name recognition, campaigning, Money, and backing of the lobbyists aka nest feather-ers.

Just a few guesses as to why he is running again. Burton isn't my rep..but I wish the candidates running against him in the primary would agree that whoever enjoys the most support as of Jan 31st would be the sole challenger..but that goes against the idea of self before position..everyone wants to be king...which allows Burton to squeak by, due to fragmented voting.