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In reply to the discussion: There are more people over 75 in Congress than there are people under 40. [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)20. I think the answer to that is quite obvious. Nobody needs me to spell-it-out to them.
What's the difference if a new senator is 40 versus 60+?
I think the answer to that is quite obvious. Nobody needs me to spell-it-out to them.
A new senator is a new to the job regardless of age.
Yes, and? That doesn't account for a lifetime of political experience, and in forging alliances with others and finding common ground and mutual interests with other people in positions of power. Although it's certainly a challenging responsibility for individuals who "are caring for their children and their adult parents while working full time jobs," that's hardly qualification for being a United States Senator. The "piss and vinegar" emotional hotheads are more suited for in the House... and even then, that phase doesn't last too long.
That mentality is why we got Susan Collins in the senate again and contributes to the senate staying conservative.
That's a weak strawman argument that is irrelevant.
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There are more people over 75 in Congress than there are people under 40. [View all]
soothsayer
Nov 2020
OP
I keep saying if we want change we have to get the old white men out of congress.
blueinredohio
Nov 2020
#3
We all know that's not going to happen until we get rid of gerrymandering.
blueinredohio
Nov 2020
#41
Right. Many of us are at different stages in our lives than boomers at our ages
Buckeyeblue
Nov 2020
#9
The age distribution of our leaders increasingly resembles that of the USSR before its collapse
Klaralven
Nov 2020
#8
At the beginning of the 27th Poliburo in 1986, Gorbachev age 54 was the youngest member
Klaralven
Nov 2020
#23
I think that age has a lot to do with not being able to do without a global adversary
Klaralven
Nov 2020
#28
Generally and in the context of being a United States Senator? Yes. Absolutely!
NurseJackie
Nov 2020
#17
I think the answer to that is quite obvious. Nobody needs me to spell-it-out to them.
NurseJackie
Nov 2020
#20