Catherine Templeton testifies on term limits
“South Carolina is one of the most conservative states in the country and it’s time our leaders start acting like it. Right now, the fox is guarding the hen house. I don’t think our Founding Fathers meant for our leaders to make a career out of, and a lifetime living off of, our taxpayer dollars. So, it’s time for the people to take this back.”
With those words, Republican gubernatorial candidate Catherine Templeton began her testimony before the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee about S. 722, a term limits bill.
It is the first time in recent memory that the state Senate has considered term limits.
“The system is created so seniority breeds more power, more power breeds more money, more money keeps people up here (in the legislature),” Templeton explained. “Just follow the dollars. The reason the legislature never seems to take this on is because those who are most powerful in leadership … are the ones benefiting from keeping term limits out of South Carolina.”
Templeton added the people must affirm term limits with a popular vote.