01-15-2006, 11:02 AM
>If you're truly concerned that the system works against >voters' best interests, term limits and the line item veto >would help.
Worst approach, in my opinion. If an experienced lawmaker with no ethical issues is forced to go find another job because of term limits, it only increases the influence of lobbyists and the folks who fund them.
Not only that but the loss of "institutional memory" almost guarantees these people will keep repeating past mistakes, mistakes that often conviently benefit some same lobbyists.
Term limts, while appealing in a cheap shot kinda' way, only make matters worse in the long haul.
Worst approach, in my opinion. If an experienced lawmaker with no ethical issues is forced to go find another job because of term limits, it only increases the influence of lobbyists and the folks who fund them.
Not only that but the loss of "institutional memory" almost guarantees these people will keep repeating past mistakes, mistakes that often conviently benefit some same lobbyists.
Term limts, while appealing in a cheap shot kinda' way, only make matters worse in the long haul.