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Would you support a mandatory retirement age of 75 for US House, US Senate & US Supreme Court Justices and if not why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Surp@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

65 is what it should be. They have no fucking clue what most people need.

[–] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

My parents are close to 65 and completely out of touch. If you turn 65 during your next term you should be ineligible.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

If having no clue what most people need is the metric, were eliminating pretty much everyone from consideration.