Change in term limits would be a solution to incompetent people

I have read and reread the "critics" comments in opinion pages of my Item and after all the ranting and hand wringing about our incompetent and haughty politicians, I have yet to read of any solution to their problems.

One letter -- The Item of Oct. 21 -- cites the mayor as being "unresponsive," with no "job description." A political "traffic cop" if you will.

Another continues to extol the ignorance of (Jim) Clyburn's stance on "global warming," i.e. "the climate is just not good." FYI: Both he and (John) Spratt voted for a party sponsored bill (H. Res 805) that prevented the House Ethics Committee's investigation of good ole Charley Rangel (D-NY) for admitted failure to pay his income tax.

Professor Walter Williams of George Mason University very aptly points out that we, the people, "have no control over Congress" and if we "don't comply with Congress' demands, death is not off the table."

George Will of the Washington Post quantified the "created and saved" jobs and obliquely accuses Obama of "buying" his popularity with Stimulus I, II and III. George is no "boat rocker."

So, what is my solution? Term limits!

No elected person would be allowed to serve more than two three-year terms.

We have people in office that have been there too long, and we have people who continue to compound the problems by returning them to office.

I have, in the past, suggested that we rescue our country through the ballot box, but when we have "uninformed" voters, we, honest, hardworking citizens must take a stand.

So, I wonder, how many of you would sign a term limit petition? If you wouldn't, then don't complain about the erosion and eventual loss of our God-given freedoms. Remember this! A government, be it city, county, state or federal, without morality is destined for socialism. Silence is the cesspool of tyranny. God bless The Item!

RICHARD T. SHADOAN
Sumter