I’d like some cites or stats on this. I hear much more in favor of term limits from the left than I do from the right. But that could be confirmation bias on one or both of our parts.
For one, tiny, data point I generally consider myself left and believe that the ballot box is the term limit. Beyond that, in almost every job (not just elected ones), it takes some time to figure out the basics of the job - it takes even more to establish a certain level of competence and even longer to get expertise. And I prefer expertise in my elected officials, because I think they’re handling important, complex decisions. So removing them once they finally get the breadth and depth of knowledge they need seems counterproductive to good government.
Also, if that subject matter expertise is going to go somewhere - if it isn’t inside government, it will be right outside - with the lobbyists, with nothing to balance it out. For me, that is a far less preferable situation.
This. All of this. Plus, it would mean that the most practical way for you as a legislator to bring expertise to your seat would be to re-hire your predecessor’s staff. And staffers aren’t accountable to the voters.
I am left and I really support 12 year limits for both houses. It does not take more than a few years to learn how to do that job. It’s a total joke guys stay there 30 , 40 years. Before FDR I don’t think anyone ran for a 3rd term and if so they did not win .
I’m a left-leaning libertarian. I definitely would support term limits of 24 years in both houses, with 36 years total between houses. I don’t think I could favor term limits any shorter than that. There’s a bunch of related topic things I wish for as well, but they’re not on topic and not really interrelated with term limits specifically.
