IMHO, the question is about evidence is rather "do limits do any meaningful good? They've been around for over 30 years in many states. What is the result? There are numerous studies on the subject, and they generally point to the same thing. The nature of elected politicians' career arc changes, but not really for the better. We get low…
IMHO, the question is about evidence is rather "do limits do any meaningful good? They've been around for over 30 years in many states. What is the result? There are numerous studies on the subject, and they generally point to the same thing. The nature of elected politicians' career arc changes, but not really for the better. We get lower legislator competency, more political party influence, more interest group and lobby influence, and more power in the hands of professional party staffers and unelected legislative staffers and public administrators. Term limits in practice just don't solve the problems people want solved because human nature is what it is and has been for thousands of years.
IMHO, the question is about evidence is rather "do limits do any meaningful good? They've been around for over 30 years in many states. What is the result? There are numerous studies on the subject, and they generally point to the same thing. The nature of elected politicians' career arc changes, but not really for the better. We get lower legislator competency, more political party influence, more interest group and lobby influence, and more power in the hands of professional party staffers and unelected legislative staffers and public administrators. Term limits in practice just don't solve the problems people want solved because human nature is what it is and has been for thousands of years.
Scott, everything you listed already happens without term limits!
Instituting an 8 year maximum isn't going to make any of those negatives any worse!
Nor better with the many places enacting TL's, so I believe the experiment has proven without meaningful value.