• MdRuckus @lemmy.world
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    Can we just get all these oldies out no matter what party that are in? We should have a law where you have to retire at whatever the youngest public retirement age is.

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      Or they should just do a cognitive and physical test every half a year once they are past the retirement age. Bernie Sanders is 81 and still has a sharp mind and his mindset isn’t stuck in the 50’s.

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          Have an independent board do it so their Doctor can’t lie for them.

          It’s not fool proof but it’s better than having people with obvious dementia writing laws and bills.

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        To be fair he’s had the same mindset since the 50’s as well, it was just a progressive mindset that we still haven’t caught up to as a society

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        His mindset is stuck in the 60s, but whether or not that’s a good thing is a different debate.

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      Can we just get all these oldies out no matter what party that are in?

      Voters had their change 5 years ago to vote her out and they chose not to. Now to be fair, I think her health has greatly deteriorated over the last 2 years, well after her last victory.

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        That’s very true and should have happened. However, I still believe there needs to be a forced retirement age in politics.

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          It’s not going to happen. We have that ability already… VOTING. I know that seems like a cop-out, but that the mechanism we have as voters to kick politicians out. Just 50%+ of us can’t be bothered to use that power.

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      I think I’d like to see mandatory retirement age be whatever the average life expectancy is. If they want to have a shot at staying in office longer, they’ll have to make the health care system better.

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        You say that like they have to use the same healthcare as the peasants. Spoiler alert: they don’t.

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          The idea is that they can’t work longer than the peasants live, so if they want to stay in power they have to help the peasants get better healthcare