Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.
Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.
Term limits solves most of this.
I’m not convinced that’s the truth. But we also need term limits universally. I think too that officials need a way to get elected without third party funding in the US. Like even if you run there should be a system for running too.
Only need term limits for non-proportional systems, like the one seat for president. If Congress was proportional to the national vote, term limits is just an unnecessary complication.
The real problem is that seniority is what gets you the good, powerful council and leadership positions. This encourages everyone to keep their current incumbent, even if it’s someone like Diane Feinstein who barely knows where she is at any given time. We won’t be able to get rid of the gerontocracy problem unless we change that.
It’s a fine balance. Too short term limits lead to straight up bribery without any repercussion (trying to hold on to a political position, for example).
But there already is straight up bribery, and there’s usually no repercussions.
Not in Florida, it didn’t. The Florida Legislature is as corrupt as ever.