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That all sounds great and wonderful and full of uncorns and rainbows, but here's the thing about term limits...Term limits, no more professional politicians, you get your two terms ( if your lucky) and maybe a run at the White House, and that's friggin IT! Once you have done your two terms, you don't ever get to run for any other office, EVER! Pay is to be set at 20% Above Minimum Wage for the state you serve in, PERIOD!
Some folks will argue that we already have them, and they're called "elections". I used to be one of these people...
But seeing that totally moronic politicians continue to get re-elected (think Maxine Waters, et al) cured me of that naïveté.
The thing that has to change before term limits will really gain any traction is the underlying reason why politicians are collectively against them...
I'm talking about Committee chairs and assignments. Long-term pols are the ones that benefit from this, as the more seniority they have, the more chance they have of nabbing one of the choicest committee chairs, or even just to sit on a choice committee. It's all about the power that committee assignment carries with it.
Look at the (Grand)Mom in Tennis Shoes, Sen. Patty Murray, as an example. Got elected to the Senate in 1993; been there 27 years now. That length of tenure gets her posts like Ranking Member on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. She's also on the Appropriations Committee, as a member of numerous subcommittees. The amount of money, power, and control at her fingertips boggles the imagination. And this is just one person in 535! Granted, not every member of Congress gets to sit on a committee, but you get my point.
So, until the system is changed so that getting these powerful posts doesn't rely upon seniority, term limits, as envisioned by most people, will never happen. You will never see a career politician vote in favor of them because it is inherently against their own self-interest. It's like asking them to vote against their own pay raises.
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