• @[email protected]
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    14 days ago

    57 is the optimal age for a first-term president.

    I want to be able to retire. I want everyone to be able to retire. I want my representatives to share that value, and set that example for the general public. I want them leaving office at age 65.

    I won’t necessarily vote against an older candidate, but a workaholic does not share my values: I don’t live to work, and I think poorly of people who do.

    They can certainly continue to contribute I. Their retirement. They can speak, teach, work for charitable organizations, sit on boards, counsel and mentor. Pretty much anything except professional business like politics.

    The president should be setting the example and promoting retirement, not working themselves into the grave.

      • @[email protected]
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        313 days ago

        Biden was above the ideal age when Obama was first elected in 2008. Yes, he is too old now.

    • @LaunchesKayaks
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      213 days ago

      Worked at a place where the average age of the people in charge was 80. Oldest person making decisions was 95. I hated it