• Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What exactly would term limits accomplish? Bernie Sanders would be prevented from running, but people like Kyrsten Sinema would be fine.

    The solution to bad candidates is to vote them out in the primary or work towards ranked choice voting so that people have a legitimate 3rd option in the general.

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      1 year ago

      If you want to know what term limits actually do check out Missouri. Basically by eliminating “blood sucking bureaucrats” you eliminate anyone who can actually write effective legislation.

      So… Most legislation ends up being insane and unenforceable or written by special interest groups and handed to dummies who don’t seem to be able to even read it.

      I used to be a big term limits fan, now that I’ve seen what actually happens… It’s a fucking mess, we need professional legislators.