Argument for a Constitutional Amendment for Term Limits

I've been surprised at the lack of interest for Congressional Term Limits so I thought I'd offer some thoughts as to why we need term limits.

The argument I've heard most often against term limits for Congress is that there are some good congressmen and women that we would lose if term limits were imposed. Well yeah, but there are a lot more bad ones that we would get rid of in the process. For every good politician you can name, someone else can easily name three or four corrupt ones. Besides, history should tell you that even the goods ones that stay long enough most often forget from whence they come.

Also, in my post laying out what a Constitutional Amendment on term limits might include, an elected representative could remain in office for 24 years if re-elected to the Senate for two terms and then to the House for six terms. That sure seems like a sufficient political career to me. And, if they are good enough they might get elected to President for two more terms totalling eight years. I think that is a recipe for keeping the best, and losing the rest.

By allowing someone to serve in both Houses, but limiting terms in each we should be able to significantly reduce the power accumulated by any one person or group of persons. The way the Senate and House leaders have recently pushed through bills on government health care should be reason enough to implement term limits to limit that kind of abuse of power.

Others might argue that it will take too long to pass a Constitutional Amendment, and I agree; but that is the process we have available to us, and this is too important to cast it aside because it's too hard. Anything worth having is worth working for, and our Freedom is worth whatever it takes to keep powerful, corrupt politicians from taking it away from us, our children, and our grandchildren.

Your thoughts would be much appreciated.