Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.

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    1 year ago

    The problem with setting the age limit too low is that people of that age range might not feel represented.

    To give an example, I’m 48. One of my upcoming concerns is retirement. Will it be able to afford to retire? Will I need to work part time after “retiring” just to survive?

    If every politician in a position of power was too young, retirement might not seem to them to be an important issue. After all, when you’re 30, retirement seems forever away. They could enact policies that are great for people under 40 but devastating to people approaching retirement.

    That’s why, while I definitely think politicians like McConnell and Feinstein should have retired long ago, I’m leery about setting too low of a forced retirement age.

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      1 year ago

      Also, you do want people with experience there. Having a rotating door of only young people doesn’t really help anything.

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        1 year ago

        The door wouldn’t be rotating anymore than it is now.

        And what’s your source on young people not helping anything? All the times in US history that we made the most progress were under young Democrat presidents.

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          I didn’t say young people don’t help anything. I said having only new young people all the time doesn’t help. Having people with experience is a good thing.

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            1 year ago

            Do you think JFK had no experience? He became president at 47. Did he “not help”, as you put it?

            Your claim is not only vague but has also been presented without any reasoning.

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              1 year ago

              Why are you trying to argue? It was a general statement I made, I’m not presenting a case study.
              Chill out, goddamn.

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                1 year ago

                Because the statement you made doesn’t have sound reasoning.

                In other words, you’re wrong.

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      1 year ago

      I’m 31 and I’m pretty fuckin concerned with retirement. Because if I’m not now, I’ll probably never be able to.