Looks like they are going after presidential term limits

[7th trump]

http://www.conservativeinfidel.com/uncategorized/begins-presidential-term-limits-going-trashed/

[Cebu_4_2]

Redflagnews (http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/it-begins-presidential-term-limits-going-to-be-trashed#sthash.nmOtabM6.dpbs) The push is on to get Obama a third term… the narrative is being constructed now for a referendum question on the next ballot… if they can get enough steam behind it.

”The time has come to end presidential term limits, because continuing the restrictions on how long one can serve in the country’s highest office is bad for the United States,”claims Jonathan Zimmerman a history and education professor (http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/it-begins-presidential-term-limits-going-to-be-trashed#sthash.nmOtabM6.dpbs)at New York University

In an opinion story published in the Washington Post (http://beforeitsnews.com/r2/?url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/end-presidential-term-limits/2013/11/28/50876456-561e-11e3-ba82-16ed03681809_story.html), Zimmerman says deciding whether a president deserves a third, fourth or more terms should be left entirely to the American people. He says the22nd Amendment to the Constitution (http://beforeitsnews.com/r2/?url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxii), which placed a two-term limit on the position, should not be the deciding factor on a President’s term.

Below is a portion of the 22nd Amendment ratified in 1951:
“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”
The amendment came into being a few years after Franklin Roosevelt was elected to the fourth of his White House terms. Known to Americans as the president during the final years of the Great Depression and most of World War II, Roosevelt, a Democrat, died in office before completing his last term. After the war, Republicans made a successful bid to install a two-term maximum for future presidents. But, according to Zimmerman, they limited not only the president’s time in office, but also “democracy itself.”

Unbelievably, Zimmerman went on to declare, that since President Obama’s job-approval numbers (http://beforeitsnews.com/r2/?url=http://news.yahoo.com/poll-numbers-down-obama-tells-donors-buck-230742598--politics.html) are now down drastically, it could be that the nation’s chief executive is being held down by the fact that he’s in his final term. This factor, he claims, gives GOP opponents and even Democrat opponents little incentive to support Obama on issues that might hamper their own re-election chances.

In that Washington Post Article, Zimmerman writes –

“Many of Obama’s fellow Democrats have distanced themselves from the reform and from the president. Even former president Bill Clinton has said that Americans should be allowed to keep the health insurance they have. Or consider the reaction to the Iran nuclear deal. Regardless of his political approval ratings, Obama could expect Republican senators such as Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and John McCain (Ariz.) to attack the agreement. But if Obama could run again, would he be facing such fervent objections from Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)? Probably not. Democratic lawmakers would worry about provoking the wrath of a president who could be reelected. Thanks to term limits, though, they’ve got little to fear.”

Zimmerman continues in the piece, “Nor does Obama have to fear the voters, which might be the scariest problem of all. If he chooses, he could simply ignore their will. And if the people wanted him to serve another term, why shouldn’t they be allowed to award him one?” Read more via BIN (http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/11/it-begins-presidential-term-limits-going-to-be-trashed-2836358.html)

[Uncle Salty]

It would take an amendment to change it and that's not happening.

[Cebu_4_2]

It would take an amendment to change it and that's not happening.

Why not? They can do what they want. They got Diebold, what else they have? Bribery, blackmail, a dead or alive poster? Once your in bed with Satan, you can't leave alive.

[mick silver]

nothing shocks me anymore , and i mean nothing

[Ares]

Can't be a dictator with rigged elections and have term limits in place. Gees guys. Didn't you read Tyranny 101??

/sarcasm

[Libertytree]

It's just an op-ed piece, there is no push for lifting the term limits of POTUS.

[midnight rambler]

Just another fucking meaningless distraction intended to draw down your resources if you pay any attention to it. Who fucking cares if the CEO of US, Inc. gets to be CEO for life?? What fucking difference is it going to make at this juncture?? The sooner this Tower of Babel collapses in upon itself the better for everyone in the entire world.

[palani]

Frankly ... its already happened. Remember John Wayne in The Searchers refusing to take an oath to Texas (to join a posse to chase down rustlers). His excuse was he could have only one oath at a time and his was to the confederacy.

Now remember that 'Bama has selected himself for office twice yet each time he took TWO oaths. That means he has taken the oath the same number of times as Roosevelt.

Obviously he don't get as much mileage out of an oath tho. They only seem to last as long as the echo.

[gunDriller]

nothing shocks me anymore , and i mean nothing

i don't want the Secret Service to show up at my door, so i'll keep my mouth shut.


on the other hand ... Fvck BHO !

Phew ! that feels better. :)

[Libertytree]

Besides, he's set for life, there's another puppet that will follow him and so on etc.. It's worked perfectly so far, why fix what ain't broke?

[midnight rambler]

Besides, he's set for life, there's another puppet that will follow him and so on etc.. It's worked perfectly so far, why fix what ain't broke?

Yeah, maintaining the illusion of 'free and fair elections' is crucial to keeping the rubes quiet and continuing to be productive resources.

[iOWNme]

It would take an amendment to change it and that's not happening.


I bet there were people in 1912 saying the exact same thing about an income tax.

Just what do you think is restraining these criminals?

[7th trump]

I bet there were people in 1912 saying the exact same thing about an income tax.

Just what do you think is restraining these criminals?

That's 1913 act you are referencing didn't impose any taxes.
All it did was say it could imposed an unapportioning income tax....that was the 16th amendment in 1913.
Very very very few people were actually taxed from the 16th amendment.
It wasn't until 1940 did you see the income taxes filing double.
Here you go...the official IRS graph showing the percentages and 1040 filed starting at 1913.

Take a gander at 1940. What happened in 1939 to cause this many more millions ( a doubling ) to have to file tax returns for tax year ending in 1939?

Year Number of Returns Population % of Population Filing % Increase
1913 358,000 97,225,000 0.37% NULL
1914 358,000 99,111,000 0.36% 0.00%
1915 337,000 100,546,000 0.34% -5.87%
1916 437,000 101,961,000 0.43% 29.67%
1917 3,473,000 103,268,000 3.36% 694.74%
1918 4,425,000 103,208,000 4.29% 27.41%
1919 5,333,000 104,514,000 5.10% 20.52%
1920 7,260,000 106,461,000 6.82% 36.13%
1921 6,662,000 108,538,000 6.14% -8.24%
1922 6,787,000 110,049,000 6.17% 1.88%
1923 7,698,000 111,947,000 6.88% 13.42%
1924 7,370,000 114,109,000 6.46% -4.26%
1925 4,171,000 115,829,000 3.60% -43.41%
1926 4,138,000 117,397,000 3.52% -0.79%
1927 4,102,000 119,035,000 3.45% -0.87%
1928 4,144,000 120,509,000 3.44% 1.02%
1929 4,133,000 121,767,000 3.39% -0.27%
1930 3,852,000 123,076,741 3.13% -6.80%
1931 3,411,000 124,039,648 2.75% -11.45%
1932 4,083,000 124,840,471 3.27% 19.70%
1933 3,892,000 125,578,763 3.10% -4.68%
1934 4,198,000 126,373,773 3.32% 7.86%
1935 4,670,000 127,250,232 3.67% 11.24%
1936 5,486,000 128,053,180 4.28% 17.47%
1937 6,350,000 128,824,829 4.93% 15.75%
1938 6,251,000 129,824,939 4.81% -1.56%
1939 7,652,000 130,879,718 5.85% 22.41%
1940 14,711,000 132,122,446 11.13% 92.25%
1941 25,870,000 133,402,471 19.39% 75.85%
1942 36,619,000 134,859,553 27.15% 41.55%
1943 43,722,000

So many arm chair lawyer wantabe misnomers about the income tax out on the web that if you allow them to fool you you'll never correctly understand a damn thing.

[govcheetos]

”The time has come to end presidential term limits, because continuing the restrictions on how long one can serve in the country’s highest office is bad for the United States,”

.....claims Jonathan Zimmerman a history and education professor at New York University