I don't really get the appeal. We don't term limit anyone in any other job, generally we believe tenure and experience corresponds with competency. Would you ac

I don't really get the appeal. We don't term limit anyone in any other job, generally we believe tenure and experience corresponds with competency. Would you accept a term limit for a software engineer? Of course not. Your value to an organization, your ability to be effective, to do good work, increases the longer you stay. You're good, you stay. Term limits feel tantamount to demanding a lawmaking body comprised entirely of amateurs - instead of professional public servants. The problem is incentives. It should be illegal for lawmakers to receive any money or other in-kind support for their re-election campaign from anyone other than the Federal Election Commission. Everyone who gets more than a few thousand signatures gets the exact same budget. This way, everyone has the same war-chest, and has to run on their own merits - not on raising capital - and they're measured on their ability to succeed. It also instantly nerfs the allure of lobbying.