North Dakotans Approve Age Limit for Members of Congress
North Dakotans Approve Age Limit for Members of Congress
A ballot measure left voters to decide whether 81 is too old for some political jobs. It was one state’s answer to an issue that has been a focus of national debate this election cycle.
Surprisingly based from ND, to be completely honest
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Kind of short sighted, especially as life extension may come online and some age-related diseases may become a thing of the past.
Yeah but on the primary ballot was an 82 Year Old man who recently tried to citizens arrest a train for blocking the road, so when those things you mentioned come around maybe they can reconsider it but for now it seems like a good idea.
That's why some kind of competency test would be better. And some arbitrary limit just based on a number would be very hard to reverse/update later.
Not really. It would just require another vote. Laws get removed and updated all the time. Recently there have been about a dozen states lowering age requirements for having a job, same with permitless concealed carry in 25 states.
If anything, it's way too easy to remove these laws made to protect people.
That ain't happening for a while. When the average age starts hitting the 150s, then maybe the age limit can go up
Given how slow government works, it could happen and then it would be hard to get rid of even when ridiculously outdated as a notion.
Kind of like the EC.
Sounds like an even better reason to pass the law.
But why though? Suppose someone like Bernie were to be among the first wave of people living way past current life expectancy?
For every Bernie you get 10 Nancy Pelosi. No thanks.
If we take someone like Biden, for example, and say, he was given 100 more years of healthspan. Given the arc he's been on, even as a relative moderate, I'd take that, assuming he's on a trajectory.
I think ruling out people based on the mere number of times they've been around the sun is kind of dumb.
Hold up, you think I like the idea of Biden being around longer in our politics? Cause I don't.
You think it's good to let out-of-touch boomers control the government because we might cure aging soon? Weird take but ok. Also not like if this fantasy scenario happened, the boomers wouldn't get any more in-touch with reality and make better decisions. Do you have zero faith in anyone younger than 75 making better decisions here?
I don't want anyone that is out of touch at any age.
Again, if someone is of sound mind and body and has the right platform, I don't really care what their age is. I think arbitrarily setting an age limit is rather blinkered. I also happen to think setting age minimums may also look rather silly and arbitrary at some future point (assuming a more reliable metric comes about).