In the News Reminder: Term limits are still a bad idea
There’s another brand-new bad idea on its way. The Washington Post’s Robert Costa reports that this same meeting generated talk of term limits for congressional staff. This has all the disadvantages of congressional term limits — and more. Casey Burgat at the R Street Institute has some detail, but the basic story is that just as with legislators, the alternative to competent staff is government by lobbyists and bureaucrats.
