Today on the radio I listened to an unknown pundit saying that “Mark Levin was right. We need term limits.” It got me thinking. Until then I too was firmly on the side of term limits. I’ve blogged before about how some of this “elected elite” get to Washington and then manage to stay there for decades. Some of the ones there now have been slinking down the halls of power for 40 years or better. They get there and then rather than doing the people’s business, they spend their efforts just finding new ways to –stay there.

So, I wondered…would term limits help or hurt? It depends on what you want done. If you want a fresh batch of blood and brains circulating through the seat of power, then term limits help. Of course, you’ll never get term limits passed through Congress. Why would they voluntarily decide to pass a law that kicks them out of their job?

But let’s say the term limits pass? Rather than focusing on the legislative process they will focus on networking and building their future after being forced out of office. It’s human nature—or my definition of it, anyway. I might have a more pessimistic view than do you. But I see the elected diverting to a pure form of “selfish economics”. They will just spend their elected career sowing seeds of favor to the same corporations that now finance campaigns to keep “like minded” politicians in office.

So, what is our alternative? I don’t see a decent option but changing to socialism, communism, or sharia isn’t one of my choices. We even have to deal with the cronyism we already have, or figure out how to fight the next brand of it.