manning5me wrote:
Some thoughts
For: Stopping the aged, senile and infirm from staying in office beyond their effective date.
The job of legislation was not originally intended to be a career.
Limiting opportunities for collusion for money.
Against: Long-termers have the opportunity for vast learning about their constituents, the office staff, their compatriots, legislation, the government, information sources and the needs of the nation, that short-termers would not have.
The main working groups are the committees of the Senate and House. These committees require leadership and extensive knowledge that probably cannot be obtained adequately in short terms.
The over 1,270 government agencies, bureaus, commissions, committees and the like need both legislative authorization, budget approval, and oversight. One or more legislators has the responsibility for one or a few of these organizations, and perhaps changing this lead in short time-intervals could be problematic.
Thus I believe the terms must be long, and multiple, if limited. For the House, 4 terms of 4 years each, and for the Senate, 4 terms of 6 years each.
Alternatively, 5 terms for each, maximum.
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Term limits are absolutely necessary.
Government is a bloated mess with oversight almost nonexistent. If you have to have time to get to know your constituents, then they are probably not your neighbors anyway. We should double the size of the house and senate and that will make candidates more local. They should also have to abide with the laws of the land and no freebies!