Thank you!
Term limits is a very bad idea which suggests that by shuffling the deck we get improvements.
Not only would we strip away those few players who are actually patriotic & capable but the newbies are corrupted before even reaching Washington. Their allegiance is bought by campaign contributions. Any left unsold is captured promptly by lobbyists. One cannot obviate voter responsibilities by term limits. Patriotic small government Americans must clean house locally, promote candidates who reflect our values and recall those who slip through.
If we strengthen the local party organizations by demanding adherence to Constitutional precepts we could even deny people who are not fit to run for the higher offices based on dual or foreign allegiance at birth.
We have term limits in our hands, just ask Eric Cantor.
That is why I suggest that all political contributions be ANONYMOUS. You can't sell influence if you don't know who is buying. Americans should be permitted to donate any amount they wish to any party or candidate they choose; that is FREEDOM. But purchasing an outcome for the donation makes it BRIBERY, a criminal act.
That’s why you don’t make office ineligibility permanent.
For the Senate two terms - 12 years, then sit out a term before one can return to the Senate. House five terms - 10 years, then sit out two terms (or three!) - 4(6) years before eligibility to return to the House is regained. A uninterrupted decade in DC is enough ! I wish there was some way to force this pretentious professional politician clown posse to go home. Go back and live with your constituents experience the splendor of your governing genius. As a minimum they should be permanently banned from lobbying jobs. Many of these clowns if they had to sit out a few years, get out of the public eye, they’d disappear !
Since we know these “professional politicians” are convinced we can’t live without them. (I mean what would the Kennedys do if they didn’t have voters to bamboozle ? Stay drunk, screw the help & OD maybe !) If there must be professional politicians let them go home and run for governor, state executive offices, mayor, county commissioner & state legislature, maybe even get a job back home (Anywhere !) in the private sector.
No solution is perfect, but I think increasing turnover in Congress is good even if you have to force it. Also from personal experience I think deferring to the “governing wisdom” gained from repeated elected legislative (or executive!) experience is way over rated.