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Re:Washington Officials Traded Stocks with Exquisite Timing by yamtaddle on Thursday October 20, 2022 @03:39PM (#33279640)
> Then we just need term limits

The best argument I know against this is that it shifts power toward lobbyists and all those awful "deep state" people (you know, career civil servants) everyone suddenly started being worried about a few years ago, and away from elected officials.

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Re:Washington Officials Traded Stocks with Exquisite Timing by ethbr0 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @04:12PM (#33280063)
Abolishing term limits just encourages politicians to start thinking about "What, after?" sooner.

Not sure that's what we want to incentivize.

Cronyism and back door politics within the government are far from the worst outcomes, especially compared to private industry having more power over government officials.

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Re:Washington Officials Traded Stocks with Exquisite Timing by delecti on Thursday October 20, 2022 @04:32PM (#33280287)
It also means that the entirety of their last term is basically consequence-free. Currently a voted-out senator is a lame duck for 2 months; a "last term" senator has 6 unaccountable years to do whatever they want.
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