Hardly a day goes by without seeing the stupidity, meanness, and uselessness of most US senators.  Far too many of them are very old and have been there far too long.  Many are very rich.  They mostly seem to have no clue on how to genuinely serve the public interest. 

 

They all appear to be controlled by corporate and other special interests.  When I hear them speak I think: We could randomly select Americans who could do a better job than these elected rascals.  A critically needed solution is term limits for senators, say three six year terms. 

 

Eighteen years is certainly enough for any competent person to accomplish many things.  The reason we see so many very old senators, in the 70s, 80s and beyond is that they refuse to leave on their own and collect so much money from their corporate masters that they can keep getting reelected.  Our delusional democracy suffers from many defects and fixing the US Senate is a core problem that merits the highest priority. 

 

We need a constitutional amendment to accomplish this, which Congress, of course, will never propose.  That leaves an Article V convention as the only constitutional path to proposing an amendment that surely most Americans would support.