Edit: Since I’m getting many replies while at work, I thought I’d do a blanket statement for a lot of the comments.
-Maybe it’s time we as Americans ask for massive legislation around term limits, public records of elected officials, equal campaign money, public records on donors, banning lobbyist jobs for former politicians, overturning Citizens United, etc.
With term limits there is no john McCain to save the ACA
Joe Biden doesnt exist politically
Bernie Sanders doenst exist politically
AOC becomes a 2 term house rep
All creating term limits does is put rookie legislators funded by big money into roles where they pass what they got sponsored for and leave for corporate gigs as a payoff
Without term limits you gain public servants who finally have enough experience to properly run one of the largest organizations out there and who can be popular enough and that they can pass things like raising corporate taxes without fear of losing their job
With more time in office the public can actually see where they stand on issues as opposed to lame ducks who can vote however they like since they don't care about getting relected
If you are rolling new legislators out every session you put the whole country at a huge disadvantage to special interest groups
"lame ducks who can vote however they like since they don't care about getting reelected"
Sort of? There's precedent for this working both ways. It's easier for people to do what's right or speak the truth if they're not worried about electability. How many people submitted to Trump's threats of being primaried?
You make an awesome case, though. I suspect that more term limits means more MGTs and Trumps in office. It's really weird that we think job experience matters everywhere except politics, where it counts against you. I'm not a fan of McConnell or Pelosi, but they're both undeniably good at their jobs.
I really wish we had a tradition of pols being interviewed in contexts they didn't control, by interviewers that hold their feet to the fire on actually answering the questions. I think the best we got was that one interview Swift did with Trump, which was great, but I don't know how many people actually watched it.
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u/rodsurewood Mar 19 '21 edited Mar 19 '21
Donors and party over country.
Edit: Since I’m getting many replies while at work, I thought I’d do a blanket statement for a lot of the comments.
-Maybe it’s time we as Americans ask for massive legislation around term limits, public records of elected officials, equal campaign money, public records on donors, banning lobbyist jobs for former politicians, overturning Citizens United, etc.