[Reno89519]

That is the point that everyone seems to miss in term limits, it simply shifts the power to unelected job-for-life bureaucrats. We are already suffering from them.

[Zhang Fei]

[That is the point that everyone seems to miss in term limits, it simply shifts the power to unelected job-for-life bureaucrats. We are already suffering from them.]

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Journalists are referred to as the Fourth Estate - self-appointed wielders of power in the political realm. But the real Fourth Estate, unaccountable because of civil service (now combined with government union) job protections, is the increasingly Uncivil Service aka Deep State.

[Zhang Fei]

[That is the point that everyone seems to miss in term limits, it simply shifts the power to unelected job-for-life bureaucrats. We are already suffering from them.]

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I’ve also left out the increasingly malignant and overweening life tenure judiciary, both at federal and local levels. Castrating one branch while leaving another lopsidedly powerful one alone is no way to promote a balance of power among the organs of government.