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Old 12-04-2011, 07:27 PM
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What you are saying makes no sense. Term limits arent to blame for the political issues that we are experiencing. The issue that it could help solve in Congress is we wouldn't have career Congressmen who become entrenched in office and become far too influential, far more than their one vote is supposed to be.
if you can point to a state legislature or city council where term limits has resulted in better legislation, i'll concede.

but so far as i can see, all it does is replace the problem of entrenched elected officials with the far worse problem of entrenched unelected lobbyists. it's not as if influence disappears. it just moves elsewhere.

getting rid of incumbent based gerrymandering would go a lot further toward achieving the goal of good government than the idea of term limits.

it's a pointless debate though. it's not as if many states are going to universally disarm.
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