I seem to recall that often those appointed to certain political positions are asked to sign an undated "letter of resignation" just in case they don't work out.
For most elected officials we have a system to "recall" unsatisfactory officials but the process is difficult and time consuming, time, I might add, for them to do more harm. I propose that instead of a petition/ recall vote system, which is costly, that each elected official sign an undated "letter of resignation" to become effective immediately when a petition signed by by a specified number of voters is presented to him/her. That would combine the intent and action in one procedure. As they say in one despised country, "Voila".
It doesn't make any sense to allow any elected official to remain in office simply because he/she was able to deceive voters during a campaign of lies and false promises. When polls reveal that a substantial margin of people are unhappy with the performance of our Congress, does it make sense to let them continue in office? If they had "real jobs", they would be fired. I like that system.
Some well meaning people may object on humanitarian grounds, you know, "Give them a second chance" Life has taught me that when people try to change themselves just to please others and not because they recognize the errors of their ways, the hypocrisy is as unbearable as the incompetence.
As someone recently commented about one of my blogs, "Off with their heads!"
For most elected officials we have a system to "recall" unsatisfactory officials but the process is difficult and time consuming, time, I might add, for them to do more harm. I propose that instead of a petition/ recall vote system, which is costly, that each elected official sign an undated "letter of resignation" to become effective immediately when a petition signed by by a specified number of voters is presented to him/her. That would combine the intent and action in one procedure. As they say in one despised country, "Voila".
It doesn't make any sense to allow any elected official to remain in office simply because he/she was able to deceive voters during a campaign of lies and false promises. When polls reveal that a substantial margin of people are unhappy with the performance of our Congress, does it make sense to let them continue in office? If they had "real jobs", they would be fired. I like that system.
Some well meaning people may object on humanitarian grounds, you know, "Give them a second chance" Life has taught me that when people try to change themselves just to please others and not because they recognize the errors of their ways, the hypocrisy is as unbearable as the incompetence.
As someone recently commented about one of my blogs, "Off with their heads!"
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