1. Term limits stifle free speach. If I have a good rep and want to continue voting for them, there is NO reason I shouldn't be able to.
2. Conservatives USED to be against term limits. During the Reagan admin, I believe it was.
3. Return public service to what the Founders envisioned - SERVICE - no retirement, no lifetime benefits or medical care, and pay equal to jury duty, and we wouldn't NEED term limits.
4. I DO NOT trust Republicans, in any way, whatsoever, to follow any guidelines set forth for an Article V convention. They already disregard the Constitution on a daily basis. Their eager participation in this travesty that is the impeachment farce is just one example. What makes you think they will follow any guidelines for this? They won't. It will be only a matter of time before backroom deals are cut between left and right, and the ultimate loser will be, once again, we, the People.
Just say no to Article V.
How about having each State pay for their own damn Representatives and Senators, and expenses, as it was in the beginning. Why do I have to pay for Schiff, Pelosi and Schumer, or for that matter, any from California?
“...Conservatives USED to be against term limits. During the Reagan admin, I believe it was ...”
During the Reagan years there were two term limits organizations. Unfortunately they fought each other to be the only term limits organizations more then they fought for term limits. Their main disagreement was over number of terms allowed. My conclusion over this was at least one of the term limits organization was just a money raising scam (Probably both!).
It was a conservative principle in those times. I remember Gingrich & Armey talking about the need for term limits. The GOP leadership gave it at best lukewarm support.
I support limiting consecutive terms - 2 consecutive terms (12 years) in the Senate then must sit out a full term (6 years) before they can return to the Senate, 5 consecutives terms in the House (10 years) then sit out 3 terms (6 years) before they can return to the House. Idea 10 years is roughly the cross over point where the average politician loses the bubble as to who he represents the people back home or his interests. After a 10 year period he needs to go back home and experience his “governance”. If he/she is determined to be a professional politician (A class you seem to support, because no term limits enables it!) then they can go back home & run for governor, mayor, county commissioner, state legislature. (I guess a private sector job is too “hoi polloi” for the average politico!)
My proposal doesn’t require replacing the voting population with majority civic minded people that treat voting as a serious responsibility every generation. If that was possible would have had 36 years of Joe Biden?
Read Article V before pontificating on it.