1989-1990 Harry Singer Foundation National Essay Contest
Should Terms of Those Serving In The House of
Representatives Be Limited? Why, How or Why Not?
Teacher:
Lutheran High School, Cleveland, Ohio
1st Valerie Coeling 
2nd Michelle Perrigo 3rd Linda R. Johnson
"The other issue to me is that we pay tax dollars that go tward the
campaign funds with no change back. This means that when elections come again and that
candidate runs he still gets off like a fat cat because they have the millions of dollars
left over from the previous campaign to keep campaigning. I would suggest that they should
be required to do something useful with the money, such as help those who are in need.
Whatever; there needs to be some kind of law addressing this issue. It doesn't have to be
as I've stated it, but something along those terms."
Unidentified Student, Lutheran High School, Cleveland, Ohio
"Looking at our government today from a teenager's point of view may
not seem that important to adults. But looking ahead twenty or thirty years will show us
that we will be the ones in the Senate and we will be the ones representing the people in
the House of Representatives. Seeing this to be true, I think young teens should take a
good look at the government and come up with some logical answers to the problems we face
today."
Unidentified Student, Lutheran High School, Cleveland, Ohio
They also have a tendency to take bribes...When someone has run for an
office and has held it for awhile, they do not care if they make some bad decisions
because they figure if they do not get re-elected they have done enough and made enough
money to be happyt and they can just retire."
Unidentified Student, Lutheran High School, Cleveland, Ohio
"Many times it seems that members who have been in office a long time
are not receptive to new ideas. They also fail to act quickly and efficiently when new
problems arise and find it difficult to deal accordingly with such problems. As members of
Congress get older, they lose touch with the new generations. The public's needs and
beliefs should be the essence of the Representative's job."
Unidentified Student, Lutheran High School, Cleveland, Ohio
"It is up to the voters to do their civil duty and vote, therby
preventing any and all unnecessary changes in regards to limiting the respresentatives'
terms."
Unidentified Student, Lutheran High School, Cleveland, Ohio