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A 9 page analytical argument in which the writer outlines various problems with the U.S. Congress and proposes the importance of limiting terms. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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9 pages (~225 words per page)
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why help-wanted ads will often say, for example, "Wanted, cook, 5 years experience minimum." Everything else being equal, we tend to assume that more experienced workers are more competent.
Some say this same logic should apply to Congress: "The job of a member of Congress is varied and complex." As a result,
limiting congressional terms would mean that the knowledge and experience that ... senior members had acquired at our expense would be lost.
The argument about experience does not, however, apply to all jobs. It does apply to most positions, for which retaining the job and doing it involve the same skills. A
cook who always burned the eggs would never get five years of experience; he would have been fired long before. In some
fields, though, the ability to retain the job differs from the ability to perform it well. This is the case when retaining a job involves ingratiating yourself with the boss,
who is too far away to observe your actual performance. Congressmen, who are miles away from the voters who hire and fire them, have jobs of this sort. Voters want
diligent and farsighted policy analysts to draft legislation and supervise the bureaucracy. Yet these abilities are not tested in the selection process. Instead congressional elections too often are mass popularity
contests that reward energetic self-promoters, actors who convincingly play the role of "congressman" for the distant audience of voters. (Asbell 62) In principle,
these distinct skills--policy management and electioneering--might simply be independent of one another. It seems more likely, however, that something of an inverse relationship exists: congressmen who are especially good at
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