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u/Lord-Notorious 6h ago
Age limits exist for pilots. Why not Congress?
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u/EmbarrassedQuiet1527 6h ago edited 6h ago
Not to mention he is clearly a traitor. All you have to do is watch the current horseshit right now to see it. He's a monster that endorses everything happening while pretending to "both sides" it.
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u/maschine02 5h ago
We cant even be tough and tell old ass people you cant drive and take away their keys. Cause their own family doesnt want to deal with them.Ā
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u/makinSportofMe 6h ago
We don't need age limits, we need an informed and active electorate. It's ridiculous to think we need to tell people not to vote for an octogenarian.
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u/Overall_Koala_8710 5h ago
The problem is that these people are a large part of the reason we don't have an informed and active electorate.
In an ideal world, we don't need age limits. But we are unlikely to ever reach the ideal world if we don't get age limits.
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u/fpmacko 4h ago
Uh, we need term limits. 12 years for each house of congress. Six terms for house of reps and two terms for the senate.
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u/No_Blackberry6525 4h ago
Iāll die on this hill. Policy makers make decisions that arenāt realized for a generation. I want politicians young enough to have to face the consequences of their votes.
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u/Companero_basurero 6h ago
Grassley, you have served with absolute dishonor and disgrace, esp. under your Orange God. Shouldn't you at least retire before dementia sets in to make up for that?
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u/GT45 6h ago
CAN WE FCKING STOP ELECTING F*CKING FOSSILS TO GOVERNMENT OFFICE?
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u/Then_Marketing_4940 4h ago
Coporlite is the word that you want.
it is fossilized dung.
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u/K12counting 4h ago
They have "no skin in the game". So what if the inflation rises? The brain drain in our "experts" won't affect them. Climate change? raise the temp of your ac.
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u/novahawkeye 6h ago
Born and raised in Iowa and left when I was 18. This asshole was elected when I was in elementary school. Iām 57 now!
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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 6h ago
Iām sure you are much smarter than 99% of the GOP party but at you age Iām sure you are doing much better by not living in Iowa
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u/CachedExchangeMode 4h ago
It's a voter problem; it always has been. Voters should know better than to vote for these fossils, yet they always vote for them.
I'm convinced that McConnell could win reelection right now.
And it's not just a Republican thing. There have been some Democrat fossils too. Feinstein comes to mind.
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u/Ok_Drawer_6325 6h ago
BOOMERS HAVE DESTROYED THIS COUNTRY. ENOUGH ALREADY
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u/Glittering-Quote-635 5h ago
Heās not a boomer. Heās literally too old to be a boomer. Boomers are the kids he makes fun of. Heās Silent Generation or literally whatever came before that.
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u/Character-Newt-9571 6h ago
All boomers need to step aside. They've done enough
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u/Special_Cicada6968 6h ago
Seriously though. What other generation has refused so vehemently to pass the torch like the boomer generation? Like, we literally skipped gen.x and millennials and are finally starting to see younger representatives now that gen.z is finally becoming old enough to enter politics.
Feels like I've spent my entire adult life under taxation without representation.
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u/CliffDraws 5h ago
Well the guy this entire post is about is from the silent generation so..
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u/WillingPositive8924 4h ago
Avg age in the Senate is 65, this ONE dude is a silent, boomers will NEVER let go.
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u/LeapIntoInaction 6h ago
I gather that you're clueless, but he's much older than Boomers. They called that the "Silent Generation".
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u/Valuable_Fee1884 5h ago
Not all boomers are in the over the Hill crowd. There are many of them who shouldāve been retired 30 years ago as they were unqualified and unfit to be our representatives. The sad part of this is it not over the Hill gang itās also some of the younger ones who keep getting reelected only because theyāve been elected once or twice. Take the time to see how they vote.(big clue for me.-if they were mega/Republican, they werenāt gonna get my vote at least on this go around)
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u/whizzbangkid 4h ago
Bite your face. I'm a 65 year old boomer and I will not be told to step aside. Don't throw that term around so loosely
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u/SKssSM08 6h ago
I mean do nothing, get paid handsomely, no accountability, ridiculous benefits. Why wouldnāt you! Again just one more thing thatās broken about our country
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u/pr1m3r3dd1tor 6h ago
The pay (in this guys case around $152k a year) and benefits continue after they retire. People like this keep running well after when they should retire because in their minds they truly believe no one else can possibly be as good at it as them or because they crave the spotlight.
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u/SKssSM08 6h ago
The $152k is a mask for the money these fools make hand over fist in corruption
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u/GeologistAway6352 6h ago
Right. Which is still crazy because at this point how much more money do u need? Ur gonna be gone permanently in a few.
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u/AdventurousRoll9798 6h ago
For God's sake will someone, anyone with some charisma and qualifications run against this mummified pedo protector?
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u/OriginalProduct6850 6h ago
He better not drop that folder or the book on his foot! Mich needs strings and a kicker to get him moving!
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u/remkelly 6h ago
Its fine... In the current iteration of the Republican party you just need a pulse. You're only there to DCs bidding anyway.
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u/penguinsflyfree 6h ago
Just ridiculous. The people that vote for him should have their right to vote revoked.
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u/5un5etUnre5t 4h ago
Insane. Term limits and age limits. Damn gate keepers holding back progress. Old outdated people
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u/FinnTastic2024 3h ago
People like this have 30 somethings reading and writing their stuff for them. Telling them what to think, say and vote. We should have term limits no body over 70 being a congressman or senator. These guys have a hard time using their cell phone let alone social programs, AI, modern warfareā¦..
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u/TimeFrequent1193 3h ago
Because both parties lack balls to enact term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court. The Supreme is worse since it's for life. I'd also enact prohibiting anyone over 75 running for office.
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u/Dedpoolpicachew 3h ago
The people who would enact term limits are the very people who benefit from not having term limits. So guess what isnāt going to happen?
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u/issuefree 6h ago
This is one of the rare real "both sides" issues. Ditch these ancient fools. Grassley, Biden, Trump, Feinstein etc. Get rid of them all. Now, I'm not saying that Gaetz or Hawley aren't absolute garbage but at least they're new idiots.
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u/Reasonable_Being6376 6h ago
He clearly wants the Weekend at Bernies treatment like the nervous turtle
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u/fearfulNobody 6h ago
I mean it's not exactly new, but Thurmond's record does not need to be broken.
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u/Jayc6390 6h ago
Red States love legacy candidates yet they love to complain about how government doesn't function or do anything for them. If you want change it is antithetical to vote for conservatives they are anti progress by definition. If you want government to work progress is the way to make it happen.
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u/Kichenlimeaid 6h ago edited 5h ago
To be fair, aren't they gunnin' to up the SSI retirement age and eventually take it away from Americans? Many Americans have to work well past 66. But yes, it is ridiculous that these old farts that can retire(have plenty of $$$) and means to retire and the best of Healthcare, can't step aside and let some younger people come and and serve. But that's just it. Thay aren't really serving their constituents so much as holding onto, and consolidating power.
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u/BarbedCamera420 four tea bags at a time š«Ø 6h ago
why tf would you quit the easiest job on earth
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u/No_Communication2959 6h ago
Congress and Supreme Court should have a mandatory retirement age at 10 years before the average life expectancy
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u/whupdedu 6h ago
So tired of this old bag of hot air representing me. He is the poster elder for term limits.
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u/Advanced_Pear_964 6h ago
For everyone 65+ in congress, can we just give them the disconnected controller we used to give our little brothers so they think they are playing? Pleeease???
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u/dude1984- 6h ago
For reals!!! Why are people with no stake in the future, who will be dead in a decade, making decisions those of us with decades to go!? This is a global issue as well as an American issue. Drop the geriantocracy!!
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u/severe_thunderstorm 6h ago
Iām very tired of being represented by people so old that they wonāt be around to see the repercussions of their decisions.
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u/sharkbomb 5h ago
because 2/3 of us decline to vote, and much of the remainder does stupid feces like vote-wasting on nonviable candidates.
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u/sheepwshotguns 5h ago edited 5h ago
these aren't exactly hard jobs, the people stay in these positions because they enjoy making winners and losers within their sphere of influence for their friends and family. in exchange, they do what their big donors tell them too. they either vote or propose the legislation they're handed. they dont care about politics, when you're rich and powerful theres always a loophole. then there comes the point where they become disabled, but by then its the staffers under them are getting a piece of that power. the congressperson is just a meat puppet and nowhere in any part of that system of top down power does anyone care. its the sludge of capitalist incentives all the way down till it hits the working class.
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u/n3rdsm4sh3r 5h ago
Because Americans don't vote for anything logical, they vote for their "team". Then they cry about term limits instead of just not voting for a fossil.
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u/Gaust_Ironheart_Jr 4h ago
All that needs to happen is for people to vote for someone younger. If voters decide they want a 90 something, they get what they vote for
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u/Altruistic_Glove_602 4h ago
Honestly, think about how much progress this nation would have made if we had term limits for the last century
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u/justmark68 3h ago
Congress will never pass this, but this is how it should be...
Term limits = 2 terms for all branches (SCOTUS will adopt 10 year terms, anyone over max age must resign by next election day)
Min Age = 30 for all branches
Max Age = 66 at election/appointment day for all branches (which means that the oldest elected or appointed official in any branch would be 72)
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u/palmfrond_ Pinkie Finger Extended 6h ago
It seems cruel to let them work until they croak.
Cruel to the rest of us mostly.
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u/TightArachnid8311 6h ago
Retirement has been raised to 67 with talks of raising it to 70. But no one should be deciding the fate of the nation over that age. Several ex-presidents have stated as much. To much money and ego is involved. On both sides of the aisle.
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u/Afraid-Detective1222 6h ago
There should be a maximum age for legislators. That said, retirement age for us common folk is more of a suggestion. Mom worked into her 70s.
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u/Vegetable-Error-2068 6h ago
Congress is the new nobility.
They are continuously showered with money. They insider trade constantly, they accept lobbyist checks, they accept bribes, they get rich from PACs and donation emails.
And then, if they mess up, they don't face any repercussions. Their voter base will demand that people vote in lockstep.
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u/Southpolarman 5h ago
Because people keep voting for that POS. That's why. I can't stand the son of a bitch but until we do something about age restrictions and term limits, this can still happen.
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u/mnmackerman 5h ago
The party against DEI has no problem if youāre an old white male, your age is meaningless.
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u/KathyB1520 5h ago
Good question, WHY? Im in favor of term and age limits for every state and federal office. I do not believe that our founding fathers intended for a Representative or Senator to be a PERMANENT OR LIFE time job, nor for them to be allowed to participate in INSIDER TRADING. I'm also in favor of a board of independent judges to choose who should serve on the Supreme Court when there is a vacancy. That way NO political party can hold up a nomination out of spite.
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u/AppropriateGuest3552 5h ago
Age, term and minimum intelligence limits now, across all agencies in government!
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u/MagentaMonkey88 5h ago
He is the definition of the problem. Vote them out. Term limits and age limits for all offices.
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u/40jordan 5h ago
The people of Iowa that wave to the Children's Hospital in between the 3rd and 4th quarters of the football game should be waving goodbye to his old ass too
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u/Low-Entertainment648 5h ago
Prime example why term limits needs to be enacted for all elected officials, and Supreme Court justices.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 5h ago
Wanna know a law this ancient fossil is currently pushing?
A law requiring an AM RADIO come in every new car.
No, I'm not kidding. Some newer cars no longer include AM radios, because of electronic filtering challenges, and the fact that nobody really cares about AM radio anymore. But 93-year-old Republican Chuck Grassley is trying to pass a law requiring AM radios in all new cars in the future.
Sigh.
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u/International_Try660 5h ago
Please Democrats, number one, term limits for every government branch.
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u/OldIntention96 5h ago
Republicanās have demonstrated repeatedly they have no policies and use scare tactics to promote votes! The policies they practice make the country less safe and more expensive! Wake up people! He should not even be allowed to run based on age!
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u/Sfingi48 5h ago
Oh. They should keep him; even after death. He does so much positive legislation. š
I like old people, but hate stubborn, old Congressional bastards and bitches. Fuck them. There are clearly so many younger people who can ātake over.ā Itās not like we have the Founding Fathers anymore. These old people arenāt full of wisdom. Theyāre full of narcissistic shit and need to be yanked off their ārespectiveā stages.
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u/MsMarisol2023 5h ago
The better question is why are people still voting for him?!? We need age limits on all public offices.
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u/maschine02 5h ago
Ok now do Schumer and Pelosi and all of them! You made such a great point! Can't forget AOC. Shes young and spunky and yet has gone nothing. See you again in 70 yrs.Ā
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u/OldIntention96 5h ago
This is the one that will fuck shit up the least if they listen to his old ass! Great argument!
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u/StomachCompetitive56 5h ago
If the president has term limits, then the house and senate should also.
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u/wolfblitzor 5h ago
Are you suggesting we raise the retirement age since the elderly clearly can keep working?
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u/submittomeSATX 5h ago
Constitutional amendment. No one in government in any role over the age of 65. No exceptions.
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u/Cambren1 4h ago
If Congress had the same healthcare as the rest of us, there wouldnāt be that many geezers in office.
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u/grandfizzo3 4h ago
One day I hope to be old without the general public praying for my death. Iowa, prove you are not incompetent.
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u/Salty_Penalty3119 4h ago
Because our system is the dumbest system on the planet! We might as well let ghosts run the country
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u/SimpkeMan 4h ago
Grassley claims to be a Mid-Western Conservative who backs, Farmers, Ranchers, but where is he when it comes to helping all the American Farmers and Ranchers who are hurting, claiming bankruptcy due to his Party's backing of Trump and his Tariffs and other hurtful actions.
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u/RyeCOMan 6h ago
Iowa. Prove you are not stupid.