By LISA MASCARO (AP Congressional Correspondent) WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she will seek reelection to Congress in 2024 as Democrats try to win back…
I still don't understand what people think that will really do for the American people. I'm for several things - getting the money out of politics, have taxpayer-funded campaigns and stop the insider trading.
...but I will never understand the term limits thing? If someone is deemed effective by their customers (us), they'll be re-elected. I don't see term limits proposed for any other job...
Based on that logic, it seems you would be just fine with a king or queen in power for as long as the royal blood line flows… you know, as long as their doing a “good job”.
If someone is deemed effective by their customers (us), they'll be re-elected. I don't see term limits proposed for any other job...
Except that in practice, that's not how it works, thanks to our BS two party system, if you don't want a republican to win a seat, you pretty much have to vote for the incumbent, or else the vote will be split by people who barely play attention to politics.
If we had reached choice voting or similar it wouldn't be an issue, but we don't - so it is.
As for why it would help, it'd fix the issue of DC being a retirement home for one thing. It'd also at least force lobbyists to rebuy politicians all the time
Also curious why not. Being in a career allows for the development of skills and relationships over time, and there's certainly an art to building relationships and getting deals done that could improve the more someone is in office.
Check my comment to the other guy. Tldr no term limits benefits lobbiest plus I'd rather have 4 people with different beliefs representing my state over the span of 16 years than 1 person. This would better ensure political minority view points get represented to some degree.
It'd be nice to see all of Congress prevented from doing insider trading. I'm sure there would be nearly 100% bipartisan agreement on that - at least among the constituents.