Term limits are not the answer

I’m not generally supportive of term limits for legislative office. Nobody’s forcing us to re-elect incumbents. Why limit our choices? Seniority in itself may in some cases be a contributor to some politicians’ lack of commitment to the public interest, but surely money is a much, much larger contributor. I worry that calls for term limits tend to work with, rather than against, the conservative idea that the public sector (which includes politicians) is the main problem. It is not.

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