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Term limits has it's own problems but that issue is peanuts compared to the money corrupting our democracy which I would call the real money perks. It's not only our legislators who go through revolving doors writing bills supporting their benefactors' wish lists and then getting cushy jobs with those same corps but the high level staffers do too.

Whatever problems there have been & are with some unions, do you really think we don't need them anymore? That corps won't chip away at work safety, pensions, health care, wages and so on until we are back in the dark days of company owned workers and that haven't made big inroads there already? That's like saying we don't need seat belt laws anymore.

And what's your beef with public sector employees? You don't think policemen, firemen, teachers, etc have tough jobs and provide services we all count on? Many public employees are losing their pensions after 30-40 years on the job due to underfunding by municipal governments and they don't get social security either. Detroit public employees averaged $16,000 pension and other city's pensions aren't any great shakes either. Without that or Social Security how do they survive? Food stamps, Medicaid, other public assistance, I suppose, after decades of protecting citizens in very dangerous jobs.

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