McConnell and Feinstein episodes raise age concerns about US leaders

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McConnell and Feinstein episodes raise age concerns about US leaders - Beehaw

People mentioned in this article are very old. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), 90 President Joe Biden, 80 Former President Donald Trump, 77

I think that part of the problem is we need to enable younger and poorer people to run for office. Potentially with a universal campaigning platform or something similar, there needs to be a way for less privileged people to run for office if we’re going to fix this country.

You need money to run and young people done have the money.

I forget who it was, possibly Andre yang, who said that the money spent on campaigns should come from a pool and every vote you get in a primary translates to how much federal money you are granted or something.

I forget, but there are plenty of options, but it will only take power from the people who have it , so, of course nothing will change.

You need money to run and young people done have the money.

That’s one issue.

Another is that most people are unlikely to vote for someone with little-to-no life experience.

As mush as youth and enthusiasm are useful traits, so is experience working in a variety of tasks and situations. (Both employment and volunteer/community service types of experience)

Electing the equivalent of student council candidates won’t improve the situation.

In this context a 40 year old person would count as a young person.