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There is one certain way to assure that our presidents act strictly in the public interest, and earn their honored place in American history: Limit presidential terms to one year.

Presidents could not be reelected, so incumbents would have no need to kowtow to special interests. The role of money in elections would be dramatically reduced, as the investment would become too transitory. Funding would be provided from public funds in equal (modest) amounts to candidates. Between transition-time and lame duck-hood, second-raters couldn’t do too much harm.

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