Terms limits could help to stem the divisiveness in American politics [letter]

Tom Tillett’s Oct. 3 LNP | LancasterOnline column on town hall meetings was right to the point (“Town halls have become a casualty of the Trump era’s divisive politics”).

Politics in our country have reached a level of anger and divisiveness not seen in decades. While Tillett correctly observes that our representative democracy is struggling and that we as voters bear part of the blame, I believe that our elected officials own this issue, as well.

For far too many politicians, holding public office has ceased to be a temporary civic service and has instead become a lifelong career. When reelection becomes the primary objective, governance takes a back seat to partisanship.

Until we change these core incentives, the dysfunction will persist. The most direct answer to breaking this cycle is implementing strict term limits.…Read more by