Term limits "might" reduce the negative impact of a good-ol-boys club. Corruption resides in deep seated, career politics. Just look at our own state and recent news for excellent examples.
Hello Joe, Why do we not vote people out? Mostly because, money talks and bs walks! Unless you have the capital to start off with, you can't compete with those who have strong corporate backing. Which leaves us with the short end of the stick.
To me the biggest argument against term limits is, they don't work. They don't accomplish what people think they will. They don't rid us of entrenched politicians or special interests.
Think of it like a baseball team: If you have a major league team full of players who nothing more than overhyped Triple A players and you send them all down and replace them with the next crop of players, you still have a team of Triple A players.
The players names may change, but the team stays the same.
We don't have entrenched politicians. We have entrenched political parties. The names may change, but the results remain the same. The only real special interests in Albany or Washington are the Republicans and the Democrats. The only real bottom line for the parties is obtaining and preserving power and perks.
I've said it before: California adopted term limits two decades ago and look how it's worked out there -- massive debt, over regulation, high unemployment, scandal after scandal. Term limits fix nothing.
And as Mark points out, they're an impingement on individual liberty.
There should be term limits
There should be term limits for US Senators and Representatives TOO.
If people dont like them vote
If people dont like them vote them out . Why put a limit on a legislator who is doing his or her job and the people like the job they are doing.
Hmmm those results kinda say
Hmmm those results kinda say something.... a lil lopsided LOL
Term limits "might" reduce
Term limits "might" reduce the negative impact of a good-ol-boys club. Corruption resides in deep seated, career politics. Just look at our own state and recent news for excellent examples.
Hello Joe, Why do we not vote
Hello Joe, Why do we not vote people out? Mostly because, money talks and bs walks! Unless you have the capital to start off with, you can't compete with those who have strong corporate backing. Which leaves us with the short end of the stick.
There is nothing less
There is nothing less libertarian than term limits imosed by law
To me the biggest argument
To me the biggest argument against term limits is, they don't work. They don't accomplish what people think they will. They don't rid us of entrenched politicians or special interests.
Think of it like a baseball team: If you have a major league team full of players who nothing more than overhyped Triple A players and you send them all down and replace them with the next crop of players, you still have a team of Triple A players.
The players names may change, but the team stays the same.
We don't have entrenched politicians. We have entrenched political parties. The names may change, but the results remain the same. The only real special interests in Albany or Washington are the Republicans and the Democrats. The only real bottom line for the parties is obtaining and preserving power and perks.
I've said it before: California adopted term limits two decades ago and look how it's worked out there -- massive debt, over regulation, high unemployment, scandal after scandal. Term limits fix nothing.
And as Mark points out, they're an impingement on individual liberty.