Even more interesting is we elect our Presidents and they can only serve a max a eight years, and we can get rid of them at four. We get that fed up with a guy in just that short of time. Imagine monarchies of the past and how people would be stuck a lifetime with one ruler, sans the checks and balances. I guess when you have too much you tend to get pretty spoiled. Even more interesting is we elect our Presidents and they can only serve a max a eight years, and we can get rid of them at four. We get that fed up with a guy in just that short of time. Imagine monarchies of the past and how people would be stuck a lifetime with one ruler, sans the checks and balances. I guess when you have too much you tend to get pretty spoiled.