A term limit is a law that limits the amount of time a political representative may hold an elected office. In the U.S. the office of the President is restricted to two four year terms. There are currently no term limits for Congressional terms but various states and cities have enacted term limits for their elected officials at the local level.
@ISIDEWITH11yrs11Y
Yes
@9GG5TBL 6mos6MO
Not even the President, the highest government position in this country, can serve an unlimited amount of terms, so why should Congress?
@ISIDEWITH11yrs11Y
Yes, term limits will increase performance and prevent corruption
@9HNT78GRepublican4mos4MO
They'll increase the power of the administrative state and special interests in relative terms by disempowering elected representatives.
@9G99MXK6mos6MO
If there are term or age limits in congress, it will be encouraged to younger people to try and run for congress. People who are younger are generally more knowledgeable with what lots of the population want and are able to better represent a large majority of voters
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
Yes, and decrease their salary and retirement benefits
@9GG9PDX6mos6MO
Decreasing their salary and retirement benefits doesn't give them and incentive to work harder. Our Congressman, especially republicans are trying to fix our current presidents spending problem, which is burdening the American people.
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
No, we already have term limits that are called “elections”
@9G99MXK6mos6MO
Lots of the people currently running our government are old and out of touch with the current day problems and current day people
@9J7GSFX3mos3MO
Well the problem is that we have senators who have been in office for 60 years who have term limits on governor President and multiple other positions it is time to stop the corruption and enforce term limits in congress.
@9FV4XYJ7mos7MO
Older people typically tend to vote for other older people, and America has a large older population.
@9FPZKD27mos7MO
Incumbents have an inherent advantage over the other candidates because of instant name recognition. The system we already have doesn't encourage voters to learn more about other candidates which leads to the same person being elected their whole life.
@ISIDEWITH11yrs11Y
No, officials gain valuable experience and become more effective representatives over time
@9FZJVCR6mos6MO
Experience is great but there is a time when someone gets to old and is not the same person they once were physically and mentally
@9FS9P3H7mos7MO
Experience is great but there is a time when someone gets to old and is not the same person they once were physically and mentally
@9FV4XYJ7mos7MO
Though people accumulate knowledge, after they turn 65, the value of that knowledge begins to diminish due to mental deterioration that also comes with age.
@9FMBFZ27mos7MO
Elected officials without term limits face the issue of becoming outdated and out of touch with their constituents.
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
@5JKTL663yrs3Y
That's a double edged sword, if you make the term too short they'll have to be even more corrupt to scam what ever they can from American tax payers. If you leave them in too long they can take their time screwing everyone. I just think they should be bi-annually audited by independent parties and the auditing company has to change each time. If the books and emails are missing or out of order the Congress member will have to pay for the extra time it takes to find those items. If too much is missing they would have to step down and be held under house arrest until the matter is resolved.
@9BFDRTB1yr1Y
No, require congresspeople to pass a mental competency test instead
@947R5H72yrs2Y
No, and all term limits on elected officials should be abolished
Yes, impose term limits of no longer than age 75 for those serving in either the House or Senate
@94JS63G2yrs2Y
Yes and decrease salary and take away retirement
@94JRGDH2yrs2Y
Congressional terms should not exceed time spent outside of politics.
@94HXM8R2yrs2Y
No, but the percentage of votes required to win the election should be raised each time
@94FK4VK2yrs2Y
No increase anti corruption measures in law
not unless they want to be out of the office. why should someone have to stop doing something they love to run again, and possibly not get elected?
@8W2R7MS3yrs3Y
Allow states and districts to choose the term limits on their representatives.
@8GB4M8J4yrs4Y
Yes, once they have done their 8 years as president, vice president, senator, governor, etc they should NOT be allowed to run anymore.
@8XBHDRW2yrs2Y
Yes and No. Yes there should be limit for congress to prevent corruption but there need to be proof that they are corrupted or spreading false narratives. This would give people an chance to elect people that they feel would be best. No because if people feel like the individual is a good representative of what they represent there shouldn't be a limit. During the elections people have the opportunity to get reelected or not, and if people don't vote for those individuals then they would be in office, so that would still be considered a limit.
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@9CWCGZL9mos9MO
Term limits should be implemented on all three branches of government.
President is currently 2 terms or no more than 10 years.
Congress and the Senate make 12 years
US Supreme Court and Federal Judges 14 years
@RedStateCoatiRepublican9mos9MO
In the case of the Supreme Court, lifetime appointments can promote judicial independence, allowing justices to make decisions without fear of political backlash.
@8Q8MLNT3yrs3Y
@9KG2D482mos2MO
Yes but they should always have the opportunity for them to go back in congress, it should be the peoples vote.
@92VCQL8 3wks3W
Yes, but they cannot be lifetime term limits because America loses possibly valuable experience and intelligence from lifetime.
@9L538S43wks3W
Yes, and decrease their salary, and prohibit them from increasing it more than the rate of inflation
@9L3YXY64wks4W
No, extend the length of terms for each office and give every elected officer only one term per office.
@9KXCNHXLibertarian1mo1MO
No, instead there should be an age limit. No government official should be allowed to serve past the age of retirement. And decrease salary and benefits.
@9KJJ4M31mo1MO
Yes, term limits for the House and the Senate with three terms for the Senate and nine for the House
@9KJD2J91mo1MO
Yes, those in office should be prevented from running for office while they serve in office, but there should not be a fixed number of times a person can serve in any office
@9K495MY2mos2MO
Not only should their be term limits, to prevent corruption- there should be outside employees aiding their decisions. So many politicians have absolutely no idea what life is truly like, or any background knowledge on the depths of humanity, psychology, science etc. We need QUALIFIED ‘groups’ of people running the country- not rich, removed old men.
@9JYH4NN2mos2MO
if they serve for 4 years yes but if they are impeached in the middle of their trem then no thats due to corruption
@9JXVC9R2mos2MO
No, term limits cause more short-term thinking (high time preferences) and will incentivize people to plunder the system before they have to go, rather than to cultivate a sustainable system.
@9J8MTWB3mos3MO
Yes, there should be limits but longer than the presidential limit. Allowing the member to gain experience but also have to rerun for their position.
@9J7SKHM3mos3MO
No, the number of terms a fairly elected candidate serves isn't the problem; the problem is the 2-party system instead of ranked choice voting that forces every election to be a choice between evils.
@9J4BFZW3mos3MO
Once Citizens United is overturned, citizens should be allowed to vote for whoever they want, however old or tenured to represent them. I don’t support a temporary age requirement or term limits to be put in place until Citizens United is overturned
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