term limits for legislators?

What if senators and house reps had a max number of terms?  Would the government be less corrupt or worse off due to experience levels?

A friend of mine recently threw me this question.  Here’s what I think.

You have to look at just what kind of “experience” our government officials are actually gathering inside the beltway.  Some crucial examples:

1. How much money is enough to shush up that perky lil’ intern about what really goes down in the limo on the way to Capitol Hill?  How much money would be too much?  (Tip: just like your constituents, you gotta keep ‘em needy.)
2. Where do you find the best darned crab cakes in the DC area?  How can you get ‘em for free?
3. When do we hit the links?  Shall we take the People’s Helicopter?  Because the freeway is just jammed at 1:30pm on a Monday.

No doubt about it, long tenure in congress can produce true expertise on questions like these.  This experience, however, tends to come at the expense of rapidly diminishing integrity and credibility with the folks back in Flyover Baby Jesus Land, so hey.  Score 1 for the new guys.