***If a person is doing a FANTASTIC job, why should they be term limited?***
A fantastic job in the private sector leads to promotions.
Following that scenario - movement from City to County to State Rep to State Senate to State Gov. to Fed Rep. to Senate to POTUS. @ 4 years per position would result in a minimum of 32 years in the public service sector.
“A fantastic job in the private sector leads to promotions.
Following that scenario - movement from City to County ...”
You forgot local town mayor or school board member at the beginning of your list ;-) .
This isn’t the private sector though. The US House wasn’t modeled after the private sector anyway. It was intended to be the voice of the “rabble rousers” in the country.
When it comes to the US House, it’s basically up to the people to decide who represents them. There are no qualifications, past experience, etc. required...much like Obama, only with far less power.
We are talking about what was supposed to be a Democratic madhouse. A substantially larger sample of the mood of the people would filter the more obscene picks out of the 5K to 10K Reps. we would have. More importantly any legislation that would be passed with a much larger sample of the public’s wishes has more chance to satisfy a heck of a lot more people. As an added bonus, getting a majority vote from a substantially larger body of people will be a heck of a lot more difficult.
Seriously, I cannot see how people are comfortable with a body of people the size of a large high school graduating class that creates legislation that is supposed to represent the wishes of 300M+ people!