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RicROC

(1,248 posts)

1. age limits before term limits.

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2021, 08:37 AM

Feb 2021

Generally, I do not approve of age limits but since technology is changing so fast, we do need younger people in positions to influence legislation. I would be in favor of age 75 for mandatory retirement of all politicians, including all judges.

For a discussion on another day: Is it possible to restructure our legislatures such that there is mandatory representation based on ages? For example, there must be at least one representative in a body between the age of 18 and 27? 28-37?

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