Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.
Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.
I would tend to agree, however, I do wonder what happens if something like this were put into place, and then life extension starts redefining what “old” means.
Then the limit will be shifted up. Simple as
No need for specifying an exact number, something like ‘no one over the age of the national average life expectancy minus fifteen years shall be eligible to hold an elected seat’. Tying it to the national life expectancy allows for the age to keep up with modern advances without requiring additional legislation while incentivizing politicians to improve lifespans if they want to continue holding power.
So what if a 60 year old gets elected for a 4 year term? After 62 years old, he’s to old in you example. Or what if another pandemic tanks life expectancy and makes half of the elected officials to old?
If it’s a qualification for running none of that matters except during an election.
*shall be eligible to hold an elected seat
Is different than running
Life extension has already begun redefining what “old” means: it means holding onto 40+ years of political bitterness and partisanship until a reality tv boomer has successfully divided us from our countrymen.