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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]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)23. I mean precisely and exactly what you want it to mean...
I mean precisely and exactly whatever you want it to mean... regardless of what that is
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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