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Comment by astrodust

Term limits remove good politicians as much as they remove bad ones. Plus, as many have pointed out before, you need experienced leadership. If everyone, by definition, has less than eight years of experience in their role it'd be even more chaotic than it already is.

The problem is not that politicians can get elected for decades, the problem is that incumbents have an unfair advantage. Fix that problem and term limits become a non-factor.

Plus, to look at how ineffective rules like that are, Putin is president of Russia again despite their being term limits intended to prevent that.

parent astrodust 9 years ago

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