Should Washington's elderly leaders hand over power to a younger generation? Americans weigh in

I'm fully in favor of both Term Limits, And Age Limits. It seems that the longer these politicians remain in office, the more they become little more than "tools" for the special interests. With regard to Age. I'm convinced that both our present, and previous POTUS are showing age related mental issues.
 

Robert59 said:
Should Washington's elderly leaders hand over power to a younger generation?
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I think so, but it will only happen when and if the voters do something about it.

I think Biden, Trump and Hillary were all too old. Both of the last 2 elections provided no young choices...

I just don't see how a person over about 60 can do the job we need done.
 
There are plenty of old Congressmen who do a good job and plenty of young ones who are batshit crazy, so no, I don't believe it's an age thing... I think it's more a money thing. We need to get the big money out of politics so politicians once again work for the people instead of just the special interest groups that fill their coffers.
 
FlaSkyEye said:
IMHO these regulations should be determined by a vote of the citizens not by a rule of law or even a petition of younger vs. "elderly" citizens. There is knowledge then there is experience. Also the wealth should be spread if term limits are imposed on Federal government employees then all Federal employees should have to abide by term limits. Case in point "The Justices of the Supreme Court".

www.americanprogress.org/article/need-supreme-court-term-limits/
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Members of Congress have served longer then any SC Justice and they do not have life Tenure!
 
Answer is simply yes,

Not only in America, it should be all around the world. Like the pensioners, world leaders and politicians must have an age limitation. Also, I think health checks if they are capable of governing a country, especially mental/cognitive capabilities. I do not like nutters like Putin anywhere in the world who can press a nuclear button at anytime.
 
Don M. said:
I'm fully in favor of both Term Limits, And Age Limits. It seems that the longer these politicians remain in office, the more they become little more than "tools" for the special interests. With regard to Age. I'm convinced that both our present, and previous POTUS are showing age related mental issues.
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Again Don ...... isn't the term "limit" set by the voters ? If he/she is doing a good job .... why dump'em ?

As for age ? and how it may effect mental acuity ? I agree they may come to a point to where they need to be replaced.
 
Sunny said:
I think there should be a different set of rules for those holding elected office, and those with lifetime appointments, such as the SC.
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Why not let the voters select the SC justices ? Vote for them on their merit & decisions ? I'm not really a fan of lifetime appointments .

Again, in the mind of a particular voter if the justice is doing a good job .... vote to return them. If not vote for a replacement .
 
As I see it, most new political candidates have good and honorable intentions. It’s when they get elected that the problems begin. Each house and senate has a party leader. It’s up to the party leader to get the votes to pass or decline a bill. Most newer elected congress persons do feel some sense of intimidation to vote with the majority, regardless of what their true feelings are of the bill. Some are even coerced to vote one way or the other.

I remember one such Senator way back when Tim Russert was still doing “Meet the Press” asked the Senator, “Do senators ever get intimidated into voting for or against a bill?” The Senator answered by saying “Well, I have known Senators to be reminded that they were up for re-election this year and if you want the party’s support, we need your vote.” (Or something to that effect.)

Yes, I am in favor of term limits. Our history teacher once told the class that our forefathers never intended for politicians to be life long members of congress. It was their duty to come off the farm for one or two terms, serve on one of the two chambers and then go back to his farm.

I know a lot of politicians who left their jobs as career politicians and were very well off. But, also many politicians came into office already very well off. I sometimes do believe money is a great enticement for some people to run for office. Not everyone of them is wanting to serve the public or their constituents. Some are looking to serve themselves.
 

I appreciate your reply and correction however I was just considering all federal employees except DOJ law enforcement agents.
 

Should Washington's elderly leaders hand over power to a younger generation?​


Oh, I don't know

They should at least ask for help when they obviously need it
Like when trying to ride a bicycle, for instance...


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Get rid of the two party system. All that it has done is turned friends into enemies. If I had my way, I'd flush the whole damn system along with the politicians down the drain and rebuild from the bottom up. Take a look at all of the wars we have fought and what do we have to show for it? A lot of dead military personnel and many of those that did come home are either missing body parts or part of their mind.
I've said enough.
 
rgp said:
Why not let the voters select the SC justices ? Vote for them on their merit & decisions ? I'm not really a fan of lifetime appointments .

Again, in the mind of a particular voter if the justice is doing a good job .... vote to return them. If not vote for a replacement .
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The justices of the Supreme Court are tasked with interpreting and applying the law in the way the legislators who enacted it intended. What you propose might be construed as turning the SC justices into vote seeking politicians. Not what the drafters of the Constitution intended.
 
ElCastor said:
The justices of the Supreme Court are tasked with interpreting and applying the law in the way the legislators who enacted it intended. What you propose might be construed as turning the SC justices into vote seeking politicians. Not what the drafters of the Constitution intended.
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The drafters were not a legislative body.
 
ElCastor said:
So we should scrap the Constitution and start over?
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with our Constitution. The only problem seems to be that there are no enforcement mechanisms in place when violations occur in the Executive Branch. Laws can be ruled unConstitutional, but when a president violates the Constitution, the only enforcement mechanism seems to be impeachment, and that's obviously insufficient.

Maybe we need to attach some penalties to violations so they actually mean something. People shouldn't be able to say, "Nope, I'm not going to abide. What are you going to do about it?"
 

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