re: Will we ever get term limits on Congress and Senate?

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We do have term limits. Two years is the term for a member of the house and six for a senator. Vote em out if you don't like them. If you want to keep them in place, you can do that as well. I don't think term limits should exist for the President either.

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That sounds great except that the elections are rigged in favor of incumbents and controlled by the parties. And then you have the huge advantage incumbents have. Gerrymandering(House elections), the power of the pulpit, and the power of the purse all adds up to give the incumbent an enormous advantage.

Elected officials use their office to run for election starting the day after the election. Their reelection committee is their staff who we as taxpayers pay for.

The Congress and the states saw the danger in letting a president serve more than two terms, and now it's apparent to many that the Congress has become too powerful too. 12 years as a Senator and 10 has a member of the House is plenty.

Let these people serve and come back home to live. We're building a ruling class in DC and its hurting the very fabric of our society.