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    My thoughts on term limits (none / 0) (#1)
    by Kevin Rex Heine on Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 06:43:09 PM EST
    Here's my thought on the term limits concept: 12-in / 4-out. That is, 12 years (IN TOTAL) in either Washington or Lansing (or the state capitol of your choice), followed by 4 years completely out of said capitol. That's combined time in office (legislative and executive). This will allow us to keep the good ones (assuming any can be found) in circulation, while allowing for a critical review periodically.

    Note that this only applies to elected officials. Of necessity, there's only so much that you can do about bureaucrats . . . short of closing down their particular bureau.

    I appreciate the "natural term limitation" of an effective voting population. Well-informed and active voters will arrange to toss any bum right about the time that said bum starts to become a threat to Liberty. The problem is that we have a voting population that is best characterized by chronic laziness, which is one of the reasons that term limits came about in the first place.  (Another, of course, being a 10-to-1 financial disadvantage for challengers.)

    The 12-in / 4-out compromise, in my head anyway, works as an effective long-term compromise between the positions on the term limits issue.


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