Commentary Term limits for politicians has been a popular idea with conservatives, libertarians and even some liberals and progressives (though fewer these days) for some time. But more important, I would argue, are term limits for the government bureaucracy. At least politicians can be voted out. Unelected bureaucrats go on and on and on and, in many ways, end up running our country. Sen. Marsha Blackburn alluded to this unfortunate situation on Steve Hilton’s “The Next Revolution” back in December 2020: “And you know, Steve, one of the things you touched on about the bureaucracy and cutting it. I have said for a long time—we need to have term limits for bureaucrats because they are the ones that dig in.” Indeed. But little has been done about it. All the while, the bureaucracy, aka the Deep State, has been reaching new heights (or lows), in essence taking over the country, …
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