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Re:The Average Age and Years Served of Members of US Congres... by scottlocklin on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:06PM (#17136461)
Term limits make more sense to me. Ideally a term limit of 1 term. Also the Athenian method of picking representatives by lottery.
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Re:The Average Age and Years Served of Members of US Congres... by spc476 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @03:49PM (#17137553)
My girlfriend is a former US government employee and she's afraid of term limits because then the power will shift to the non-elected bureaucrats who know the system ("Oh, don't worry! I've worked for the previous five Congresscritters before you. Here's what you do ... ")
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