tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054910627465846465.post5507959760131091503..comments2024-03-28T15:30:35.153-07:00Comments on The Hitchhiker's Guide to National Affairs: Term Limits Hurt MichiganUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054910627465846465.post-1287666340577958202015-09-20T18:12:25.543-07:002015-09-20T18:12:25.543-07:00I think extending term limits is a dangerous path ...I think extending term limits is a dangerous path to go down. If a person in the state legislature is voting for bills that help the people of the state, they will probably be reelected (or at least that is the way it should work). Having the term limit allows the citizens to have an impact on the legislature in fairly frequent intervals. If state legislatures have extremely long terms, they can make unpopular votes that don't represent the citizens early in their term, and they will be forgotten by the time that elections role around again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054910627465846465.post-7396887074058543892015-09-18T16:40:15.209-07:002015-09-18T16:40:15.209-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054910627465846465.post-32192211912917306202015-09-18T16:40:14.297-07:002015-09-18T16:40:14.297-07:00I completely agree Jack. Michigan's rather sh...I completely agree Jack. Michigan's rather short term limit has created several issues for the state. With longer term-limits, people feel that their state legislators are experienced enough yet that changes in office will keep the public satisfied for who ever is being represented. <br /><br />I find it interesting that you find Michigan's problems to not solely be related to their term limits. Are the citizens of Michigan voting for candidates that are truly inexperienced? How can one fix this issue of terrible and rushed legislation that are being passed in the state? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054910627465846465.post-87518545794021574712015-09-17T18:46:26.278-07:002015-09-17T18:46:26.278-07:00I think that there should be term limits on state ...I think that there should be term limits on state legislators; however, I think they should be longer than Michigan's 6-year term limit. Michigan's c-year term limit for its House is the shortest one out of the 14 states with term limits (<a href="http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/chart-of-term-limits-states.aspx" rel="nofollow">NCSL</a>). The problem of inexperienced legislators does arise more easily with term limits, but even without term limits, if a district's views suddenly change, inexperienced legislators could end up in the state Congress. I do not think that Michigan's problems are solely because of their short term limits as people in office still sometimes change without completing their term limits, but the short limit does not help.<br /><br />I agree with term limits because I think that changes in office are beneficial for accurately representing the views of the constituents as they change over time. Although it is possible for a district to not reelect a representative, sometimes people will not vote against the incumbent unless there is a major problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com