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To: one_less who wrote (4344)	11/8/2006 2:53:28 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

What other arguments are their for or against term limits? That they reduce the choice the voters have, and might force good politicians out along with the bad. Also to have them be really effective you would probably need a constitutional amendment. Not really an argument against, just something hard to do, and not to be undertaken lightly.

To: one_less who wrote (4344)	11/8/2006 10:18:38 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Most of the arguments against term limits hinge on the assumption that our Founding Fathers were wrong. An alternate approach would be to have Washington DC wired for some technology that could sense individuals' human presence. Every human upon first entry would have an irrevocable choice of either a total of ten years (in seconds of actual presence) in or out of DC. If you chose to be a resident, you could not leave, and if you chose to not be a resident, you would be arrested and either evicted or returned permanently upon the expiration of your "visa".