Dianne Feinstein, 90, has struggled to navigate the Senate this year after suffering a severe case of shingles in February.
  • MdRuckus @lemmy.world
    36·
    1 年前

    Can we just get all these oldies out no matter what party that are in? We should have a law where you have to retire at whatever the youngest public retirement age is.

    • IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social
      141·
      1 年前

      Or they should just do a cognitive and physical test every half a year once they are past the retirement age. Bernie Sanders is 81 and still has a sharp mind and his mindset isn’t stuck in the 50’s.

        • treefrog@lemm.ee
          3·
          1 年前

          Have an independent board do it so their Doctor can’t lie for them.

          It’s not fool proof but it’s better than having people with obvious dementia writing laws and bills.

      • Sam@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 年前

        To be fair he’s had the same mindset since the 50’s as well, it was just a progressive mindset that we still haven’t caught up to as a society

      • cerevant@lemmy.worldEnglish
        47·
        1 年前

        His mindset is stuck in the 60s, but whether or not that’s a good thing is a different debate.

    • DanDrumheller@artemis.camp
      6·
      1 年前

      I think I’d like to see mandatory retirement age be whatever the average life expectancy is. If they want to have a shot at staying in office longer, they’ll have to make the health care system better.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 年前

        You say that like they have to use the same healthcare as the peasants. Spoiler alert: they don’t.

        • Sam@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          1 年前

          The idea is that they can’t work longer than the peasants live, so if they want to stay in power they have to help the peasants get better healthcare