Term limits would combat Congress woes

Imagine your boss had assigned you to a group given the instructions to “analyze our budget, cut it by 10 percent and come back to me with your recommendation.” And he gives you a month to work on it.

You come back to the boss in a month and you say, “Sorry, we could not agree on a recommendation.” You might as well have said, “Please fire me because I am unable to analyze issues and negotiate compromise.”

I believe the work group would always return with a reasonable recommendation. On the surface this sounds kind of like Congress to me. But there is a big difference. The workers in my example have a common goal and they are all working for the same boss. Congressmen have one overriding goal — re-election. Congressmen have many bosses — constituents and contributors.

I think the current infuriating deadlocks, roadblocks, and general ineffectiveness of our elected officials show us more than ever the need for term limits and campaign spending limits.

If they were not able to make a career out of their office, our representatives would have more motivation to actually serve our best interests as opposed to their own.

Gerry McGovern

Naperville