I just read Caroline Baum's opinion piece on Bloomberg (
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/for-smaller-government-get-shorter-lawmakers-commentary-by-caroline-baum.html), where she seems to argue that term limits would be the answer to all our problems. Isn't it interesting how Conservatives accuse progressives of elitism, but they seem to not trust ordinary people to make good decisions, so they want to take the decisions away from us. Two important examples jump out right away:
- Term limits (Conservatives don't trust the people who vote so they want to artificially take away our choice of who we can vote for).
- Limits on jury awards (Conservatives don't trust people on juries so they want to artificially limit what juries can do).
Two of the things that distinguish America from many other democracies are the right to have your day in court and your right to vote for whom you please. Conservatives want to limit both of those rights, apparently because they think you won't exercise those rights the way they want.
Pretty elitist, huh?
