Suppose Americans had felt this way during the American Revolution? I mean the notion that any idea issuing from out of state may rightly be dismissed as irrelevant, simply because the person advocating it does come from out of state.

What if the folks in Pennsylvania had downplayed the Declaration of Independence because it was written by a Virginian? The National Taxpayers Union argues that it would be better for state governments to reform their wild spending habits than to keep raising taxes all the time. They recently made that case in Kansas, where the state legislature just defeated a big tax hike. Advocates of the tax hike attacked NTU for getting involved in state politics. NTU notes that they have 5,000 supporters in Kansas. Reason enough to get involved in a tax battle there.

But even if there weren’t a single dues-paying member in the state, the organization has a right to have its say. U.S. Term Limits hears this argument about out-of-state influences quite often. Of course, the critics of term limits would like nothing better than for friends of term limits to pack our bags and go home. They don’t have any good arguments to make, so they talk about this out-of-state thing instead. Only when it’s convenient, though; career politicians love out-of-state influences when it adds to their campaign coffers. In any case, U.S.

Term Limits will not back away. We’re a national organization, with members in every state. And, of course, the nation is made up of 50 states, and term limits are a good idea for each and every one of them.

This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.