• bedwyr@piefed.ca
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    2 days ago

    Term limits will also make the last term of a lawmaker unanswerable in any way to voters so they can sell out. For executive positions they make sense as executives can rig the game and create patronage networks that keep them in office indefinitely. For legislatures it’s a horrible idea that will make things worse.

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      Sell out assuming the fist part isn’t fixed (taking the non salary money out making it illegal for it to be lucrative