Resolved: The US federal goverment should pass a term limit ammendment

http://www.youtube.com..."Pro says politicians should run for other positions in Congress once their term limits are over. This effectively invalidates his entire argument. He says to solve the experience problem, politicians should serve long terms, just in different positions. This proves that even with term limits, being a career politician is still possible"Well of course 6 years is enough for experience, but let mealso prove running for other offices amy not help:1. you lsoe the incumbant advantage and have a smaller chance at winning.2. What it the point just run for president or have a fall back job as most of them are lawyers and in the case of ron paul a doctor. Also I do not avocate being a career politician. Term limits would limit career politicians due to the fact if they ran for another office they would lose the incumbant advantage. "To say that two years is time to develop significant experience is laughable."like clarified in the first round you get 6 year term limit. Also we agreed to that as well in a PM before I insigated this tournament debate. So this argument is against the begining precpepts. "To be a doctor you have to complete several years of residency. You need 5 years job experience before you can apply to be a licensed engineer."My dad who is a doctor went through like 3 years of internship and 3 residency, and an optional 1 year fellowship. But that is 7 years, anengineer is 5 years, the term limit proposed is 6 years. So therefore since you say that those are good enough times for gaining exxperience then we agree. "Almost every job fits into a tiered system where people with more experience hold more responsibility and authority."That is my poit because there is no more incumbant advantage. Senority no longer trumps quality. It forces politicians to be good at their jobs. "But with term limits, there is no one with experience to take those positions. "Disagreed, in politics people get experience fast. Allen West, a new tea party representative, is already a big player in congress. So depending on the person, a person can gain experience fast. "No business would boot all employees after 10 years- this just amounts to preventing the accumulation of experience. Congress shouldn’t operate like that either."1. Congress isn't a buisness2. Since it isn't a buisness it nedn't act like one.3. Also the system works well for presidents, so why wouldn't it work for congress? I asked that question and you never asked it. "Also, Pro offered no rebuttal to my point that term limits create regular “lame duck” legislators who know they cannot be re-elected."you offered no proof to this resolution. And also wouldn't this happen in the cirrent system? A term limit doesn't create this as it only affects them in 6 years."Term limits are Undemocratic"I will now destroy your statement:Perhaps the most popular argument against term limits is that they restrict the choices available to voters. Voters, say opponents, should be able to vote for as wide a field of candidates as possible. Additionally, the ballot box makes statutory term limits unnecessary. "In effect, there are term limits in place every two years -- candidates have to go before constituents and get reelected," says Jeff Biggs, press secretary for House Speaker Tom Foley. (Debbie Howlett, "Speaker Foley Challenges Home State Term Limit," USA Today, June 8, 1993, p. 8A.) But arguments that term limits are undemocratic because they restrict voters' choices run into two problems: (1) the tremendous electoral advantages enjoyed by incumbents make it difficult to argue that the elections they win are truly democratic, and (2) term limits would be more likely to expand the field of candidates than to restrict it.[1]Term limits will likely end incumbents' traditional ability to insulate congressional elections from true competition. In fact, experience at the state level suggests that voter choice actually is increased by term limits. In California, for instance, the imposition of state-level term limits in 1990 led to a 1992 increase of over 25 percent in candidate filings for the state senate and over 50 percent for the state assembly; senate candidate filings for 1994 reflect yet another increase, and while assembly candidate filings have dropped from 1992, they remain 15 percent higher than they were in 1990. Although the limits do not take effect until 1996, they have encouraged some incumbents to find other work before they were forced to do so. [1]It enhances democracy. "These are prime examples of the politicians we do NOT want to force out of office. "There are other people with similar and more popular views that are better. Also you don't know how good they are for one reason, the incumbant advantage.Congress apporval rating: 9% look at my 2nd source for info. Congress reelection rate:In November of 2004, 401 of the 435 sitting members of the U.S. House of Representatives sought reelection. Of those 401, all but five were reelected. In other words, incumbents seeking reelection to the House had a better than 99% success rate. In the U.S. Senate, only one incumbent seeking reelection was defeated. Twenty-five of twenty-six (96%) were reelected. [3]SO you can't base their re election's on their quality as they almost always get re eleted. "Again, the president serves a different function and is structured differently than Congress. The two are apples and oranges. We need to focus on what is right for Congress, not how to make Congress look like the presidency."It is a great question, the president is just a powerful politician. The Congressmen/women are just weaker versions. Why can't they et term limits like him? it is a liginamant question. Also you critisise me for having a blog as a source yet you have one, not to be rude just saying. Also you haven't refuted many of my added on case. Conclusion:I have refuted your arguments and proven term limits for congress to be benificial. It reduces the amount of creer politicians, it increases competition, it brings in new ideas, and I now refer to my video as my final arguments, and a quote:"Politicians are like diapers: they must be changed often and for the same reason."-Paul HarveyYour a smart guy I just want to point out the obvious, he hints to term limits. Also my 4 source has more. sources:http://www.termlimitsforcongress.com... [1] http://www.nytimes.com... [2] http://thisnation.com... [3] http://www.dennis.polhill.info... [4]