John Stossel on Why Incumbents Always Win

The public is apparently angry at today’s
politicians. Eighty-two percent disapprove of the job Congress is
doing. So will Tuesday’s election bring a big shakeup? It’s
unlikely. Congressional reelection rates never drop below 85
percent.

Incumbents have all sorts of built-in advantages, explains John
Stossel. And they game the system to make it tougher for outsiders
to challenge them. What we need isn’t to “get money out of
politics,” as some suggest, but to get term limits on elected
officials, Stossel argues. 

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