Getting good people in Congress depends on getting good people in the lower offices.
MUCH lower. The "down-ballot" people feed the chain to Congress. If there were either no, or MUCH longer, term limits allowed at the local level, such as state assembly members, then much BETTER people would be progressing up the ladder to Congress. People whose constituents like them, instead of people whose party dictators liked them.
Jan there is such a thing as institutional memory, it is absolutely necessary for the functioning of any organization.
But term limits I am all for it. Congress Critters may enter poor but leave millionaires
Here's a list of the to 50 wealthiest of congress critters.
Eye opening to be sure:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth#:~:text=As%20of%202020%2C%20over%20half,database%20website%2C%20maintained%20by%20OpenSecrets.&text=118th%20Congress%3F
Getting good people in Congress depends on getting good people in the lower offices.
MUCH lower. The "down-ballot" people feed the chain to Congress. If there were either no, or MUCH longer, term limits allowed at the local level, such as state assembly members, then much BETTER people would be progressing up the ladder to Congress. People whose constituents like them, instead of people whose party dictators liked them.