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Term Limits Are a Trap — Here’s Who Gets Power | TMP #1061
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Obama had it right: don’t boo, vote.
Today we’re talking about congressional term limits — and why a reform that sounds like accountability could actually take power away from voters and hand more of it to lobbyists, donors, party machines, and the executive branch.
The real term limit for the House is already built into the Constitution: every two years, members have to come back to the people and ask permission to keep the job.
So the question is not just whether Congress needs change.
The question is: who gains power, and who loses it?
In the second half, we dig into General’s new piece in The Coffman Chronicle:
“They Call It Term Limits. But Whose Power Gets Limited?”
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https://www.thecoffmanchronicle.com/p/they-call-it-term-limits-but-whose
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