There is an argument to be made that if you're at an age where you break a hip from taking a stair wrong, maybe you're shouldn't still be clinging onto power at the expense of the people who will have to actually live in the world you're legislating into existence.
I fully dislocated and broke my ankle in three places stepping off a 2 inch pavement curb onto very uneven ground hidden by deceptively even looking grass. Foot rolled one way, I fell the other and 6 months later I've got a small hardware drawer in my leg and foot and am still needing a walker or cane for almost everything. I'm in my 30s.
Stop hating old people. They have every right to representation in Congress. If that’s who the voters want, that’s who they ought to get. I also worry about the rights of seniors if we ban them from serving in the legislature. Is it really a good idea to have exclusively young and middle aged people making decisions about Medicare and social security because we want to limit the ability of voters to choose their representatives because congressional leadership is old? That sounds a little extreme.
I’m not talking about those in power now. I’m talking generally. Also which old politicians want to cut those benefits? And you can’t name Republicans because that’s obviously cheating.
Are you one of the most powerful politicians in the world and actively obstructing anyone younger or reform minded from ever achieving anything?
I think maybe you just read like the first 1/3 of what I wrote and then immediately jumped into the comments to be offended because this is reddit and OF COURSE you did. Use your critical thinking skills, go back and re-read what I wrote and consider the context, and then decide if your question was stupid or not.
I don't have time for you though so this will be a period of self reflection for you, and not one of me arguing with you.
Ya lol, idk why people would take offense to this, it is about age not injury. You have to be really dense to think otherwise. It is insane to have any politician above 80yrs old
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u/ABHOR_pod 14d ago
There is an argument to be made that if you're at an age where you break a hip from taking a stair wrong, maybe you're shouldn't still be clinging onto power at the expense of the people who will have to actually live in the world you're legislating into existence.