I’d simply implement a 10 term limit. At 2 years per term, that’s 20 potential years in office. Still long enough to have a respectable political career, and it avoids having congress full of people who don’t know what they’re doing. But it also means that if you were first elected in the 1970’s, your time would have been up a long time ago. You could retire or move on to other ventures.
And old people can’t screech about discrimination, because there’s no age cap; just a cap on terms. Elderly people want more elderly representation? Encourage old people to run for office when they’re in their 60’s and 70’s.
I wish we could trust congressmen and women, their families, and their colleagues to act decisively when metal infirmity hits, but, clearly we cannot. As such, a rule like this is the only backup plan.
I’d simply implement a 10 term limit. At 2 years per term, that’s 20 potential years in office. Still long enough to have a respectable political career, and it avoids having congress full of people who don’t know what they’re doing. But it also means that if you were first elected in the 1970’s, your time would have been up a long time ago. You could retire or move on to other ventures.
And old people can’t screech about discrimination, because there’s no age cap; just a cap on terms. Elderly people want more elderly representation? Encourage old people to run for office when they’re in their 60’s and 70’s.
I wish we could trust congressmen and women, their families, and their colleagues to act decisively when metal infirmity hits, but, clearly we cannot. As such, a rule like this is the only backup plan.