Over at Townhall.com, the most recent Common Sense column explores recent legislative chicanery on a subject near and dear to Paul Jacob and to many of his readers: term limits. And yes, Republicans are finding ways of making their party less significant, less electable. The enemy is not just the Democratic Party. Not by a long shot.
Stop on over, then come back here for some extra reading:
- Arkansas Times piece on the “legislative pay raise and junket protection amendment“
- Arkansas HJR 1009
- St. Louis Dispatch piece on the state’s “term limit change“
- Missouri HJR 4
- Billings Gazette piece on the state Senate’s endorsing of a “bill to tighten term limits”
- Montana HB 277
- “United we termlimit” on Townhall, Paul Jacob
1 reply on “Townhall: A different path toward limited terms”
Term limits are useful but are not a panacea. My worry is that a term-limited politician will work faster to: grant favors to friends and big donors, receive graft, and line-up a high-paying job at a company he “helped”.