These are not issues that can be solved by intellectual debate. Members of Congress are intelligent people who are better informed about problems and possible solutions than almost anyone else. First Term limitation is a necessary step to change the incentives of members of Congress to think more about the good of the country and less about their next campaign. Only people with no political future are likely to have the political courage to undertake reforms that will tell special interests that there will be fewer goodies. No more taking from Peter, or Peter's children, to pay Paul.
Term limits are no cure-all for gridlock in government.
They are a necessary step to create incentives for politicians to begin the reforms that will take years to undo the damage that has been done. Perpetual budget deficits, the growing national debt, and the Social Security and Medicare debts are monsters. We can have government services that most people want. But for these things to be affordable, our economy must grow. Economic growth means higher standards of living, less poverty, and more tax revenues without higher tax rates to cover the bills that have piled up.