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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 — 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐭Everything you’re watching right now — the chaos, the outrage, the fear — has a cause.Midterms are the objective.Propaganda is the tool.But the root problem is something far more dangerous:Career politicians with no term limits.What we’re witnessing isn’t random.It’s structural.And unless it’s fixed, it will get worse, not better.What we’re watching unfold in this country isn’t spontaneous chaos.It’s the predictable result of a system that allowed public service to become a permanent career.Career politician.The phrase explains everything.To make a career out of politics means constant campaigning, constant elections, and constant dependence on public approval. And in the real world, doing what is necessary is often not what is popular.Accountability is rarely popular.Hard decisions are rarely rewarded.And truth is often punished at the ballot box.So career politicians adapt.They don’t fix problems — they manage narratives.They don’t enforce standards — they appease bases.They don’t solve crises — they survive them.Congress will never vote to end its own careers.Not all of them are evil. Some clearly are.But even for those who aren’t, the incentive structure is the same.Since the 1940s, hundreds of bills and resolutions proposing congressional term limits have been introduced. Every single one has failed. Buried. Voted down. Killed quietly.Why?Because the career comes first.Power comes later.And once both are achieved, they are preserved — not through leadership, but through appeasement.That is the system we are living under.Now look at what that structure produces when you follow the money.To be clear, I am not alleging corruption. I won’t say it if I can’t prove it.And corruption isn’t even required to make the argument.Incentives alone tell the story.• Ilhan Omar entered Congress with a reported negative net worth. Roughly six years later, her household wealth is estimated in the multi-millions.• Nancy Pelosi entered politics with a comfortable but ordinary net worth by California standards. Today, her household wealth is estimated around $275 million.Again — this isn’t about proving wrongdoing.It’s about recognizing a pattern.There is simply more money to be made within the Democrat power structure — through donors, book deals, speaking fees, consulting arrangements, and political proximity — than outside of it.That doesn’t require corruption.It only requires access.Naturally, the next argument always comes:“Both sides do it.”So I went looking.I searched for comparable rags-to-riches stories among Republican politicians — people who entered office with little or nothing and emerged as multi-millionaires because of politics.And interestingly enough, I couldn’t find them.Most Republicans who are wealthy were wealthy before politics — business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, innovators. Their wealth preceded power.That distinction matters.This is also why this election still matters.Donald Trump is not dependent on politics for his income, his status, or his future. In fact, he donated his presidential salary. Whether you like his personality or not, he is not financially beholden to the system he challenges.And in JD Vance’s case, while he did earn a political science degree, he didn’t go from classroom to career politician. He built real-world experience, entered business, became a multimillionaire, and only then entered politics.That difference matters too.People who condemn wealth in politics rarely condemn those who became wealthy after gaining power — because doing so would require condemning themselves.Oddly enough, this entire mess traces back to a mistake made by some of the most brilliant minds in human history.When the structure of our government was being designed, the Founding Fathers did consider term limits. And after serious debate, they rejected them.Why?Because they believed the American people were wise and informed enough to remove bad leaders on their own.That assumption held… for a time.But 250 years later, with mass media, emotional manipulation, dependency politics, and permanent campaigning, that assumption no longer holds.And we are living with the consequences.There is only one constitutional solution left.Congress won’t fix this.So the states must.It’s called an Article V Convention of States.If 34 states pass matching resolutions demanding congressional term limits, it overrides Congress entirely.Right now, 16 states already have legislative term limits:Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota.That means we need 18 more states.Not a revolution.Not violence.Not chaos.A constitutional correction.Until that happens, the cycle continues.More outrage.More division.More propaganda.More permanent politicians protecting permanent power.But once term limits exist, everything changes.Politics becomes service again.Leadership replaces survival.And accountability finally returns.𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞.𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 — 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐭Everything you’re watching right now — the chaos, the outrage, the fear — has a cause.Midterms are the objective.Propaganda is the tool.But the root problem is something far more dangerous:Career politicians with no term limits.What we’re witnessing isn’t random.It’s structural.And unless it’s fixed, it will get worse, not better.What we’re watching unfold in this country isn’t spontaneous chaos.It’s the predictable result of a system that allowed public service to become a permanent career.Career politician.The phrase explains everything.To make a career out of politics means constant campaigning, constant elections, and constant dependence on public approval. And in the real world, doing what is necessary is often not what is popular.Accountability is rarely popular.Hard decisions are rarely rewarded.And truth is often punished at the ballot box.So career politicians adapt.They don’t fix problems — they manage narratives.They don’t enforce standards — they appease bases.They don’t solve crises — they survive them.Congress will never vote to end its own careers.Not all of them are evil. Some clearly are.But even for those who aren’t, the incentive structure is the same.Since the 1940s, hundreds of bills and resolutions proposing congressional term limits have been introduced. Every single one has failed. Buried. Voted down. Killed quietly.Why?Because the career comes first.Power comes later.And once both are achieved, they are preserved — not through leadership, but through appeasement.That is the system we are living under.Now look at what that structure produces when you follow the money.To be clear, I am not alleging corruption. I won’t say it if I can’t prove it.And corruption isn’t even required to make the argument.Incentives alone tell the story.• Ilhan Omar entered Congress with a reported negative net worth. Roughly six years later, her household wealth is estimated in the multi-millions.• Nancy Pelosi entered politics with a comfortable but ordinary net worth by California standards. Today, her household wealth is estimated around $275 million.Again — this isn’t about proving wrongdoing.It’s about recognizing a pattern.There is simply more money to be made within the Democrat power structure — through donors, book deals, speaking fees, consulting arrangements, and political proximity — than outside of it.That doesn’t require corruption.It only requires access.Naturally, the next argument always comes:“Both sides do it.”So I went looking.I searched for comparable rags-to-riches stories among Republican politicians — people who entered office with little or nothing and emerged as multi-millionaires because of politics.And interestingly enough, I couldn’t find them.Most Republicans who are wealthy were wealthy before politics — business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, innovators. Their wealth preceded power.That distinction matters.This is also why this election still matters.Donald Trump is not dependent on politics for his income, his status, or his future. In fact, he donated his presidential salary. Whether you like his personality or not, he is not financially beholden to the system he challenges.And in JD Vance’s case, while he did earn a political science degree, he didn’t go from classroom to career politician. He built real-world experience, entered business, became a multimillionaire, and only then entered politics.That difference matters too.People who condemn wealth in politics rarely condemn those who became wealthy after gaining power — because doing so would require condemning themselves.Oddly enough, this entire mess traces back to a mistake made by some of the most brilliant minds in human history.When the structure of our government was being designed, the Founding Fathers did consider term limits. And after serious debate, they rejected them.Why?Because they believed the American people were wise and informed enough to remove bad leaders on their own.That assumption held… for a time.But 250 years later, with mass media, emotional manipulation, dependency politics, and permanent campaigning, that assumption no longer holds.And we are living with the consequences.There is only one constitutional solution left.Congress won’t fix this.So the states must.It’s called an Article V Convention of States.If 34 states pass matching resolutions demanding congressional term limits, it overrides Congress entirely.Right now, 16 states already have legislative term limits:Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota.That means we need 18 more states.Not a revolution.Not violence.Not chaos.A constitutional correction.Until that happens, the cycle continues.More outrage.More division.More propaganda.More permanent politicians protecting permanent power.But once term limits exist, everything changes.Politics becomes service again.Leadership replaces survival.And accountability finally returns.𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞.𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫.