The mood in America is not good. Economic conditions are bad and trending worse, our national debt is skyrocketing, the country's citizens have never been more divided against each than they are today, our world standing and prestige continue to deteriorate, and the political class in America has not solved a single major issue in the past several decades. Our schools continue to under educate our kids, we have no strategic and effective national energy policy, health care costs continue to escalate, our borders leak, and we have already lost the war on drugs.

Many of these chronic issues have been with us for decades, proving that the Washington political class has been incapable or unwilling to address and resolve these national problems. And most recently, our politicians have again illustrated their impotency and their hand in the destruction of freedom and liberty in the following, unfolding scandals:

1. The Washington political class has abused the powers and reach of the IRS to harass citizens and organizations who held contrary political views.

2. The Washington political class has abused the powers and reach of the IRS to harass religious groups who held contrary political views.

3. The Washington political class has forced religious entities to break from their religious beliefs to remain lawful under politically motivated legislation such as Obama Care.

4. The Washington political class is conducting massive data collection, storage, and analysis activities on every form of electronics communications of just about every American, using secret warrants issued by secret judges in secret courts without any due process.

5. The Washington political class has conducted illegal secret searches and confiscations of journalists' telephone records and possibly other information, violating the First Amendment's freedom of the press and freedom of speech rights.

These massive violations of citizens' rights and the Constitution, our economic distress, and divisive politics benefit only one group of Americans in this bitter environment. The career Washington politicians continue to get themselves re-elected over and over again and continue to reward themselves handsomely, not for resolving issues and protecting our freedoms and the Constitution, but for the simple act of being in office.

Their constant need to get re-elected has perverted our democratic institutions and processes so much that special interests and their overwhelming money power have drowned out the voices of ordinary citizens. Corporate bailouts, corporate welfare, union concessions, wasteful and useless budget earmarks to campaign donators, etc. subvert our democracy and sub-optimize the decisions made in Washington. And this perversion is most evident when incumbent politicians leverage their position and power in office to get themselves reelected.

To remove this perversion and greatly reduce the amount of special interest, the need for term limits has never been more important. Our founding fathers never imagined or wanted a political class to develop in America. They viewed getting elected to political office as a calling and a short term service to the country, not a long term career. Unfortunately, this vision is lost on today's American political class.

As a result of these needs, a Tampa Bay citizen has launched a grass roots effort to a institute term limits Constitutional Amendment for every Federal politician. This Amendment would limit service in the White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives to one term and one term only. Those interested in making this Amendment a reality can learn more and sign up for the effort at the "How much worse could it be?" in the author section of this article.

Because really, given the mess that the current set of Washington politicians have created, how much worse could it get if we started over with a brand new set of Americans sitting in the White House and Congress?