There is a valid criticism that Congress simply does not represent the US population regarding age, just like it doesn’t represent it in many other ways. Granted, it’s median age versus mean age in the stats I could find, but the median American is 38.8 years of age, while the average Representative is 57.9 and the average Senator 64 years of age. The Senate is disproportionately composed of white people relative to the population at large, while African Americans are under-represented in the Senate and every other group is under-represented in both the House and the Senate. They are overwhelmingly wealthier than the population at large.
People getting upset with the older generation enacting policies that screw over younger generations is not the same thing as saying, “Man, I can’t wait for my turn to screw them!” There are outliers, like Bernie Sanders, and I’m sure everyone can think of someone they know personally, but many of the positions of power, both in government and in the work place, are occupied by older individuals who will not relinquish their grip on control and are actively abusing their positions to benefit themselves and others belonging to similar demographic groups at the expense of the whole rest of the country.
There is a valid criticism that Congress simply does not represent the US population regarding age, just like it doesn’t represent it in many other ways. Granted, it’s median age versus mean age in the stats I could find, but the median American is 38.8 years of age, while the average Representative is 57.9 and the average Senator 64 years of age. The Senate is disproportionately composed of white people relative to the population at large, while African Americans are under-represented in the Senate and every other group is under-represented in both the House and the Senate. They are overwhelmingly wealthier than the population at large.
People getting upset with the older generation enacting policies that screw over younger generations is not the same thing as saying, “Man, I can’t wait for my turn to screw them!” There are outliers, like Bernie Sanders, and I’m sure everyone can think of someone they know personally, but many of the positions of power, both in government and in the work place, are occupied by older individuals who will not relinquish their grip on control and are actively abusing their positions to benefit themselves and others belonging to similar demographic groups at the expense of the whole rest of the country.