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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by theevilsharpie on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @11:52AM (#19096822)
> That, and enact term limits for Congress. That will fix even more.

Do you have a citation for this? Because term limits would mean that elected officials need to plan for what to do after they hit their limit. That could make them even more beholden to corporate lobbyists, who have the resources to offer termed-out lawmakers jobs or other benefits after they leave office.

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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by baseten on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:06PM (#19097043)
We have term limits in my state.

One unintended consequence in my district is that we have two guys who trade seats back and forth between state senate and state house. They're totally interchangeable and neither one ever talks to their constituents (well, the ones who don't write big checks anyhow)

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