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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Question about term limits
	Date:	11/2/2009 2:11:52 PM

Hound, I too am an unabashed supporter for term limits but have heard some concerns and I am curious about your reaction. One source of concern is that with term limits you constantly have a lot of new people learning the ropes in DC. While on its face I see this as a potential positive, but some who live inside the beltway have told me that even more power and influence would go to the entrenched staffers. By that I mean the congressman changes but the staffers stay in place and by the time they figure it out they are term limited and next newbie is in line. They already wield a lot of power and influence but that would be exacerbated with constant turnover. This is obviously not as big an issue on the state and local level but given the complexities of national governance it strikes me as a reasonable concern.

On its face that seems not to be as significant an issue when you compare it to getting back to the concept of citizen-servant. Being term limited also means a different dynamic driving decisions over a shorter period of time as a member of Congress.

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