This title almost reads like The Onion.
On a serious note, why? These people (on both sides) have enough money saved, health benefits etc to comfortably retire. Why don’t they? Are they so bought and paid for that their ‘investors’ won’t let them?
The US legislatures give a lot of power based on seniority. There’s a lot of incentive for a party to keep members in office as long as possible.
People who made it that far up are usually very driven, their job is their whole identity.
It’s probably hard to walk away from something they dedicated so much of their life to. More so if it involved sacrificing time for relationships, family, friends, etc.
Also their job is probably pretty good. I mean, you probably don’t really have bad days the way the rest of the working world does.
I’m self employed and I love what I do, I can’t imagine ever walking away from it. I slow down my pace as I get older, but I won’t stop completely.
Someone else recently explained it best: It’s elderly abuse.
The entourage encircling these elderly congressional leaders are profiting greatly. As soon as these senators retire, these leeches lose nearly everything.
It’s a Weekend At Bernie’s movie plot, but with extra steps.
No shit? Really? Wow, thanks guys! I never would have guessed that were it not for the hard working folks at the Pentagon!
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There really needs to be term limits for Congresspeople.
True, but this is only part of the solution. Term limits can cause the real power locus to move to those unlimited proximate positions. A holistic solution involving congressional term limits, limits on staff and lobbyists, etc that all work in concert to prevent hoarding of power is what’s needed.
age limits; term limits have some actual negatives like getting rid of good representatives and increasing corruption.
This would solve the issue without being ableist
Man… the US is not in a good place
Biden being one of them
At least his eyes point in the same direction
Lol
Well yeah. No one over the age of 60 is mentally fit to work any job (especially not in a decision making role). Retirement age should be 55.
I strongly disagree and my job is researching Alzheimer’s and age-related cognitive decline
Age-related decline is minor and Alzheimer’s is rare. Neither should play a role in forced retirement
