That is exactly what happened in Michigan when it voted in term limits to the State government. Somebody gets elected. They spend the next 4 years running for reelection. Once reelected they spend the next four years sucking up to the special interests for their gig after they are term limited. And their last two months before being term limited they spend passing all kinds of ridiculous bills because they won't be there to answer for them.
The term limits were voted in because the citizens thought it would make the politicians less beholden to the special interests. The reality is it has made them more beholden. Both sides of the aisle in Michigan now realize that term limits were a really bad idea.
That is exactly what happened in Michigan when it voted in term limits to the State government. Somebody gets elected. They spend the next 4 years running for reelection. Once reelected they spend the next four years sucking up to the special interests for their gig after they are term limited. And their last two months before being term limited they spend passing all kinds of ridiculous bills because they won't be there to answer for them.
The term limits were voted in because the citizens thought it would make the politicians less beholden to the special interests. The reality is it has made them more beholden. Both sides of the aisle in Michigan now realize that term limits were a really bad idea.
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