“For starters, we need term limits for the House and the Senate.”
We already have term limits. It’s called ‘get off your ass & vote’. Once you start introducing artificialities like this into the process, then you are assuming that the American electorate is too dumb to fully participate, & someone has to help guide them, sort of like a ‘party elite’.
Otherwise, I agree with what you say.
As an alternative, I love Rick Perry’s idea to limit the amount of time that Congress is in session, ruining our prospects & feathering their beds.
“Cut their pay in half, cut their time in Washington in half, cut their staff in half, send them home. Let them get a job like everybody else back home has, and live under the laws they pass.”
I love it. Texas does just fine, certainly better than the rest of the country, with a legislature that meets only 140 days every two years. And Texas isn’t alone; quite a few states do the same.
“No man’s life, liberty, or fortune is safe while our legislature is in session.” –Benjamin Franklin
