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Originally Posted by mooby
I don't want to discuss Kanye West's political views.
I realize media personalities aren't the best political sources, but I also think Peter King made a good point in his MMQB article this week:
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I agree with this IF you take partisanship out of it.
Fact is there should be term limits across the spectrum. If anyone can explain to me how Sen McCain, with all due respect to his service through out his life, was still an active senator when he wasn't able to physically attend Senate for a year. There should be term limits and age limits for Congress, the President, and SC.
You can make it 18 year limit for Senators/Representatives, and 82 for all positions of government.
This is incredible:
https://www.quorum.us/data-driven-in...n-history/175/
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Today the average American is 20 years younger than their representative in Congress. This should come as no surprise, considering that over the past 30 years the average age of a Member of Congress has increased with almost every new Congress. In 1981, the average age of a Representative was 49 and the average of a Senator was 53. Today, the average age of a Representative is 57 and the average of a Senator is 61. This prompted us to take a further look at those graying averages.
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More than half of the Senators up for reelection in 2018 will be over the age of 65.
18 of the 33 Senators running for reelection in 2018 will be 65 or older. If they win, another six years in office would put Senators Feinstein, Hatch, Nelson, and Sanders well into their 80s. Looking ahead at the 2020 elections, 21 of the 33 Senators running for reelection will be 65 or older. The current chamber is already one of the oldest Senates by some measures according to the Washington Post, and the data suggests this trend would continue in the coming years.
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