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Would you support a mandatory retirement age of 75 for US House, US Senate & US Supreme Court Justices and if not why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] moreeni@lemm.ee -4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't because the age doesn't really matter. Fuckwit politicians will still be fuckwits politicians, even when they are young. See Zelensky and his team, for example. Maybe they look more "presentable" to the media, but they do the same shit old men before them did

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

See the tall guy who had a stroke

[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I mean, if they are to ill to do their duties that's a whole other thing than being too old