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Hit & Run: Should We Apply the Logan's Run Principle, Updated for Inflated Life Expectancies Of Course, to Congress and the Courts?
Say Anything: We Need Fresh Blood In Congress
Instapundit: DAVID HARSANYI: Get out of the way, you old fogies. “Theoretically, it would be nice to allow citi…
Should We Apply the Logan's Run Principle, Updated for Inflated Life Expectancies Of Course, to Congress and the Courts?
Hit & Run —
... soldiers.) The author of Nanny State concludes: Theoretically, it would be nice to allow citizens to vote for anyone they please, young or old. But since we already have a minimum, constitutionally mandated age limit to serve in place, why not a maximum age? How about at least placing it wherever the average life expectancy falls? Because, right now, Washington looks more like Del Boca Vista than America. Whole thing here. I don't agree with mandatory retirement ages, but it is fun to make fun of ...
We Need Fresh Blood In Congress
Say Anything —
So says David Harsanyi, pointing out that Congress older than it ever was before.
The average American’s life expectancy (or, as it’s referred to in Washington, the “junior senator") is now a crusty 77 years.
The hippies told us not to trust anyone over 30. What about 70? There are 22 senators who have reached this seasoned plateau; another four are 69. So, despite the promise of impending “change,” Washington, in reality, still resembles a (painfully slow-moving) gerontocracy. ...
DAVID HARSANYI: Get out of the way, you old fogies. “Theoretically, it would be nice to allow citi…
Instapundit —
... DAVID HARSANYI: Get out of the way, you old fogies. “Theoretically, it would be nice to allow citizens to vote for anyone they please, young or old. But since we already have a minimum, constitutionally mandated age limit to serve in place, why not a maximum age? How about at least placing it wherever the average life expectancy falls? Because, right now, Washington looks more like Del Boca Vista than America.” ...
How Old is Too Old for Public Service?
PoliGazette —
... Noting the minimum age criteria for the U.S.’s important elected offices, David Harsanyi of the Denver Post wonders if there shouldn’t be a maximum age limit placed on persons in positions of power and holds up one of the Congress’ most conspicuous incompetents as his straw man: ...
