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I personally believe that the age limit on being able to run for office should end at age 65, maybe 70 if pushing it, but nobody should be closer to 80, or 77 or whatever, closer to death at any point in those years and have political power. This isn't about #Republican or #Democrat, this is about people being able to live long enough to see how there laws affect other people who are younger, and people who are in there 80's who could die if the wind blows the wrong way shouldn't be allowed to hold power. If you can't stay for dinner, you shouldn't be invited to the table. #USPol
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André Polykanine

My vision is even harsher, and not for the US, but the whole world, look at my hands, as we say. We have an age of retirement, don't we? Right? So: we take this age, subtract the presidential, parliament or whatever timespan, and that's it. that's the last point you can be elected. Period, full stop. For example, if the age of retirement is 65, and the presidential cadence is four years, no-freaking-body can be elected after 61. Dead simple.
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André Polykanine

@adamvs1 No, I feel it's democracy. Otherwise, if you can elect a 80-year-old president, than you can hire and cannot fire another 80-year-old specialist, there must be equality. But to be honest, I don't know how it really works in the States, it's like this in Europe where it's basically mandatory to go on retirement if you are in public service.
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@menelion @adamvs1 Not to mention that a person who is younger could still serve the needs of senior citizens, but the realistic truth is that a person who is 80 or older is at more risk of death than a person who is younger, they will not live to see what it is there laws that they support would do to the American people, so that by vertue of knowing they will die, they will be able to implement laws that they personally support that can and would cause harm to the American people, because they know that they won't be there to suffer the consequences. This is why I think its important for younger people to take political roles and let older people enjoy there retirement, because a younger person will see the consequences of there actions, good or bad, and will more than likely want to help people that they know will live after them having known what it is to live under there own policies, and so I stand for the limiting of age when it comes to running for any office of government power.
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@menelion I think we have to draw a distinction between public service jobs, private sector jobs, and elected roles. We pay elected officials so that, hopefully, people with lower incomes, or lacking other privileges, can take part in a role fundamental to a representative democracy. Retirement age is mostly optional (or impossible, for many) in North America, and is a separate problem from choosing competent representatives…
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