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2008.01.24

Ocean Guy: Against Term Limits

Ocean Guy makes a compelling case against term limits:

I’ve written numerous times about my opposition to term limits legislation applied to elected officials. The ballot box should be all the power we need to “t’row da bums out.” Having lived in two different European countries, Italy and England, and having served as the US representative to a European based international organization, I have witnessed the problems caused by civil servants accumulating too much power and influence. If we decide to place term limits on our elected officials we will simply invite the congressional staffers to take more and more authority and power than a government elected by the people, for the people should have. ...

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