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Re:The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined by thatjsguy on Saturday August 25, 2018 @07:42PM (#17843221)
We did this in Michigan. It doesn’t work. It’s an attractive platform item, but what ends up happening is lots of turnover means it’s easier for lobbyists to sway candidates. You also just lose institutional knowledge. And guess what? We have term limits and an entirely new governor still poisoned an entire town full of kids.

Term limits don’t work.

Re:The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined by walshemj on Saturday August 25, 2018 @07:46PM (#17843242)
Totally right even more so if you have some one coming outside who doesn't have a clue how the systems work.
Re:The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined by pwned1 on Saturday August 25, 2018 @07:43PM (#17843226)
I'm from Michigan. I think they've worked well.
Re:The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined by thatjsguy on Saturday August 25, 2018 @07:47PM (#17843248)
The electorate will do what it wants. If people keep electing terrible reps, term limits don’t stop that, it just stops that one particular bad rep and replaces them with another. Similarly, we have some awesome Michigan House members who would be fantastic again, but they’re term-limited and have to run for something else to continue to serve. It’s sad.
Re:The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined by TangoTrotFox on Sunday August 26, 2018 @01:24AM (#17844413)
I think there's a strong argument that many representatives don't necessarily start awful, but are driven to awfulness in the pursuit of keeping themselves in office. Like you allude to, most voters are grossly misinformed or vote irrationally. And this irrationality and misinformation is very effectively exploited by special interests and monied groups. Consequently the desires of these special interests and monied groups start to become more important than the interests of society when a politician is primarily concerned about staying in office.