Term Limits

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This paper argues that, while term limits were instituted with the best intentions, these policies are misguided. The first part of this paper looks at the history of term limits and the purposes these limits were supposed to serve. The next part then argues that term limits have failed to contribute to a more independent political system and have, instead, given rise to more problems. Because of these reasons, this paper supports the efforts of various national and grassroots organizations to repeal the term limits proposal and to allow qualified people to serve longer terms.

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"Following the national government's lead, more than one-third of the states in the union have instituted term limits, again amid strong public support. In Michigan, for example, politicians are limited to serving a maximum of six years in the House and eight years in the state Senate. In both chambers of the Florida legislature, politicians are limited to eight year terms. The states of Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Louisiana have the most generous term limits, capping the maximum at 12 years for both state legislative bodies."

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