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Consider 3 groups: elected officials, their staffers, and lobbyists. Strict term limits would remove office-holders and any expertise accumulated in whatever te
by dmckeon 10y ago
Consider 3 groups: elected officials, their staffers, and lobbyists.
Strict term limits would remove office-holders and any expertise accumulated in whatever term they served, while the other two groups
would tend to conserve accumulated expertise, relationships, etc.
Persistent incumbency may be bad, but strict term limits seem worse.
- joesmo 10y agoWorse how? How can it be worse than a government that isn't run by the people? I'd rather the government doesn't get anything done than the current situation where the government doesn't get anything done and the only focus is on getting re-elected and raising money. Considering that representatives in Congress spend more time raising money for re-election than anything else by far, I can't see how it could be worse to have the actually do the jobs they were elected to do and swore an oath to do.