Essay On Term Limits On Congress

Term limits on members of Congress has been a debated and at the same time, a very popular issue in our country. Currently, the Constitution doesn’t mention limiting the amount of terms a Congressperson are subject to. They can be reelected indefinitely by their constituents, and this has become a crucial problem in our country. Many of our nation’s leaders are considered “career politicians” because of how long they have been in office; the longer they are in office, the less they really care about why they are in Washington. The trends of Congress and the lack of term limits are quite astounding and if things aren’t changed, they can cause problems for our country and our democracy. There are ample benefits the United States could enjoy if …show more content…
Without term limits, politicians become complacent and stop working for the people by the people. Instead, they work for themselves and their friends. They worry more about getting elected and staying elected rather than working for what is best for the American people and what’s in the best interest for the country. According to Politics and Government Business, this is not a political issue. This is an issue of the people vs Washington. It doesn’t matter if you are Democrat or Republican, this is a topic that everyone should be concerned with because it has an affect on everyone. According to termlimits.com, eight of the country's ten largest cities have implemented term limits on their government officials and 37 states have implemented them. This shows that a vast majority of the American people support having term limits on their leaders. The American people want to send representatives to their capitals and Washington so that they will work for them and do what’s right for the nation. Not for them to work for themselves and their own purposes. If the American people want their leaders to fight for them and work for them once more, they must stand up and demand a …show more content…
The country right now is being lead by selfish politicians who don’t work for the people anymore. If term limits are implemented, the nation, the people and the government would see not only positive change, but more diversity and more opportunities. According to George Will, the author of Restoration: Congress, Term Limits and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy, there would be a better chance for different parties to enter Congress if term limits are implemented. Right now, our whole political system is dominated by two parties. If term limits are put in place, third parties would have a better opportunity to get elected because there would be more elections and an increase in the number of representatives entering and leaving. This would give more diversity to our government and let more voices be heard and more Americans be represented fairly. However, there are some that may say the opposite of this claim. Some think that term limits actually limit a person’s free speech because they aren’t allowed to re elected their Congressperson after a certain number of terms. But if they think about it, this gives them more free speech and more freedom. If a congressperson has been in office for a long time, it is more tha likely that they won’t listen to their constituents as studiously as they once used to thus limiting the free speech and voice of the people that voted for them. So if that career