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In reply to the discussion: Congressional productivity - Would you be in favor of a single term limit for all congresspeople? [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)19. Then make the case that the elected official is an autocrat
or otherwise "bad". You shouldn't rely on term limits to do the job for you.
Term limits lead to lazy opposition, like "impeachment is off the table" because term limits will "get" him anyway.
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Congressional productivity - Would you be in favor of a single term limit for all congresspeople? [View all]
MadDAsHell
Jan 2016
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I'd rather take my chances with controlling campaign finance than have no-nothings writing bills.
phleshdef
Jan 2016
#17
I like the governors having term limits and it doesn't seem to have any negative outcomes
yeoman6987
Jan 2016
#22
They might have been, once upon a time. Unchecked money is now a "horribler" idea, though
villager
Jan 2016
#30
Term limits are a useful protection against elected autocrats and cults of personality.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2016
#13
There is a way to end terms, it's called an election. That's how democracies work.
immoderate
Jan 2016
#4
Agreed, but how? In what area of American life (or politics) have we ever successfully...
MadDAsHell
Jan 2016
#14
Do you mean that it would be illegal for third parties to spend their own money
Nye Bevan
Jan 2016
#20
Hell no. It hands all the real power over to professional staff and lobbyists...
hunter
Jan 2016
#39
I have long favored term limits. But that one downside you cite is HUGE
Stinky The Clown
Jan 2016
#43