Originally posted on 11/06/2016:
The funny thing is that the people have the power to institute these term limits by voting these leeches out, but I think that we are so out of touch with what they are doing in Washington because we are so consumed with our own lives, or are just too lazy to pay attention. The path of least resistance is just to vote for who you know, or have heard of.
This is a case where it is needed for the government to step in, and fix the problem themselves, but it won't happen because the "problems" are the current government.