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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by QuizzicalCarbon on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:56AM (#46135966)
It’s called “term limits” and it’s a good thing.
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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by threethirtytwo on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @11:07AM (#46136117)
There’s bad and good to term limits. It incentivizes short term thinking and goals. Supreme Court judges for example are deliberately given lifetime seats to get rid of short term incentives.
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