robocall@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWould you support a mandatory retirement age of 75 for US House, US Senate & US Supreme Court Justices and if not why?message-squaremessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1557arrow-down122
arrow-up1535arrow-down1message-squareWould you support a mandatory retirement age of 75 for US House, US Senate & US Supreme Court Justices and if not why?robocall@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squareplactagoniclinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months agoI heard even more radical proposal (not in us) - cap the voting age. Reason is simple, by voting you decide about future, how can pensioners who, frankly, will die soon can reasonably decide about my future if I am 20 yo.
minus-squareM500@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoMaybe once you retire and get your pension you stop voting.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoIf it’s capped on the other side of your life then it needs to be capped on that side too.
I heard even more radical proposal (not in us) - cap the voting age. Reason is simple, by voting you decide about future, how can pensioners who, frankly, will die soon can reasonably decide about my future if I am 20 yo.
Maybe once you retire and get your pension you stop voting.
If it’s capped on the other side of your life then it needs to be capped on that side too.