Hi Dave,   
      
   On Sat 2012-Feb-11 06:08, Dave Drum (1:18/200) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
    DD> We need some laws (enforceable and enforced) to curb the abuses of   
    DD> Wall Street. But, the truth is that the fat cats OWN the politicians   
    DD> who write those laws. Prospects of meaningful reform are vanishingly   
    DD> small.   
      
    RW> Agreed, and therein lies the real problem.   
      
   DD> Same deal on term limits for elected officials. Many of them seem to   
   DD> think that holding elected office is a lifetime sinecure. Which   
   DD> certainly is *NOT* what the framers of the Constitution envisioned.   
      
   OF course, but then the framers of the constitution never   
   anticipated professional politicians.  Their thought was   
   that average folks would seek office as well as vote.  Their efforts were   
   geared toward eliminating a professional   
   perpetual ruling class.   
      
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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