BK>  Some time back the Toledo Blade's ombudsman, who is a professor
 BK>  at Wayne State U in Detroit, wrote a column about the fiscal
 BK>  crises facing the govt of Michigan. He said, due to term limits,
 BK>  the Michigan legislature was facing a financial disaster, with
 BK>  not one member who has more than 5 years experience in the
 BK>  legislature.

 BK>  And none of them have a stake in the long term govt stability.

 BK>  Think about that. A great many people run for office on the
 BK>  basis of a single, or few, issues. If they accomplish that they
 BK>  have no furthur committment to anything, as they are out soon
 BK>  anyway. A legislator who is in for the long term has to have a
 BK>  constituency that stands with him on a lot of issues.

 BK>  It's a case of well meaning amateurs compared to competent
 BK>  professionals.

I see a problem with that. You believe there are competent professional politicians.

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