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I would say term limits are, to some extent, moot if you have age limits.
However, 80 is bonkers to me. Cognitive decline is fucking palpable at 70 in the vast majority of the population. I would support a push to an age limit of 70 or the end of the elected term, whichever is longer, for all government work, elected or not.
I'm curious why you think term limits are a bad idea. It makes complete sense across the board if you want to stop this entrenched nonsense where we just have the boomers running everything until the end of time.
Comment by Tim-oBedlam at 03/02/2025 at 22:59 UTC
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As I said: we have term limits already; they're called elections.
More specifically, because in states that have term limits for state legislatures, they aren't better run and the lobbyists have more power than legislatures, and you don't get the deep levels of institutional knowledge you can get with reps that have been there and know how to make government work.
I'd be ok with a 70 age limit, too.