We've got term limits on the state level here in Michigan. I love it. Two terms and you're out. State legislators try to move up to State Senator. It's a mad scramble every couple of years for these career politicians to try and stay at the public trough.
Lately, the politicians have been putting the blame for state problems on the fact that there are too many "rookies" in the legislature. They lack experience, they say. Well, it was the old "experienced" politicians that caused most of the mess, in my view.
I'd love to see term limits at the national level. Fresh new faces every couple of years would be good. As it stands now, an incumbent Senator or Congressman has to REALLY screw up to not get re-elected. We could eliminate all the pensions and litetime health care at the same time. Too many people are living off the government (translated: OUR tax dollars) and double-dipping on salaries and pensions.
We just had our County Sheriff elected as County Executive. He's retiring from the Sheriff's dept with a $72,000 pension and getting $143,000 as County exec. On top of that, the County Finance chief setup a program a few years ago that allowed people who had reached retirement age (minimum 50 yrs old) to "bank" what they would receive as their pension for 5 years it while still working and getting their salary and benefits. They then got their "banked" pensions as a one-time check. So the ex-sheriff took home a check for over $300,000 the day he "retired" and is now collecting checks totalling over $200k/year. All of that is coming from taxpayer dollars when there's a budget crisis and the County is laying off people and cutting services. The one thing that is certain is that the elected officials will feather their own nests first. They look out for each other, setup deals to swap jobs, hire cronies who have lost their elections, etc.
CB, I agree with you. Public service should be short term and not designed to enrich the public servant.
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