r/MadeMeSmile • u/Throwawaylism • Oct 12 '21

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u/Isheet_Madrawers Oct 12 '21

Nice. Now let’s talk about term limits.

(Chuck Grassley country)

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u/kslusherplantman Oct 12 '21 edited Oct 12 '21

You know that’s weird. We think term limits would help improve the situation. But there have been studies and it appears that would quite possibly make the situation worse, because they have a limited time to pass what they want, and they disregard their constituents more because they are trying to get done what they want, and fuck their voters. We see this already even without term limits.

But at the same time, we have to do something to stop the career politicians

Edit: for those asking

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/01/18/five-reasons-to-oppose-congressional-term-limits/amp/

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u/I_am_Erk Oct 12 '21

Yeah I really don't get the term limits thing Americans keep touting. Most of the more functional democracies don't need them. It seems like a smokescreen to not clamour for more effective change

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u/xeio87 Oct 12 '21

It's an "easy" answer that they think will get rid of the politicians they don't like.

Except those districts are still going to vote the same way, so it's just going to be different faces making the same decisions.