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No-Lunch4249 t1_ivk45dy wrote

Reply to comment by The_Waxies_Dargle in Fox attack on Baltimore? by AlwaysGrateful710

Term limits is throwing the baby out with the bath water.

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The_Waxies_Dargle t1_ivkynyy wrote

Yes, it's not perfect. You will force some competent people to either move up or move on. But the baby that goes out with the bathwater shouldn't get to live there in perpetuity just because they won election once.

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mcplaty t1_ivl2otk wrote

They're not winning once, they're winning every election. You want to circumvent democracy and force people out after an arbitrary amount of time rather than let the voters decide.

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The_Waxies_Dargle t1_ivlngse wrote

No. I want the voters to decide democratically if they want to counter the incumbent advantage to combat ineffectual and unrepresentative lifelong politicians. If it sucks, we can repeal it in X years.

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mcplaty t1_ivlq6z4 wrote

Voters decide if they want to counter incumbent advantage by... voting for someone else. Not by imposing term limits and removing the ability to continue voting for that person.

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The_Waxies_Dargle t1_ivm3sdt wrote

Right. Just so we are both clear that the incumbent advantage renders many votes moot by means of institutionalized advantage.

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