tiredretired
The Old Salt
Ahh, understanding history is the window of our mind. The system was so much different back in the day.
The original concept by our founding fathers was that the House, which mimics the UK House of Commons, be populated by working men, aka farmers, and that they would serve two years, which was a huge sacrifice to leave the farm. Elections at the end of the year after the crops were harvested with campaign stumping measured in day or weeks, certainly not months or years like it is now.
Also back then, they generally served those two years and then back to the farm / plantation and someone else would take over. This would be easy to update today with term limits.
The original concept by our founding fathers was that the House, which mimics the UK House of Commons, be populated by working men, aka farmers, and that they would serve two years, which was a huge sacrifice to leave the farm. Elections at the end of the year after the crops were harvested with campaign stumping measured in day or weeks, certainly not months or years like it is now.
Also back then, they generally served those two years and then back to the farm / plantation and someone else would take over. This would be easy to update today with term limits.