Demented geriatrics Or incompetent babies The American people need higher standards
@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero10 ай бұрын
I blame teh b00m3r5 for throwing out standards back in 1969.
@bentonmarcum892410 ай бұрын
Yes I totally agree. We should pass a amendment that only cats can run for office 🐈
@Barskor110 ай бұрын
Or no rulers...
@non126310 ай бұрын
As if we have nearly as much of a choice as we ought to.
@kerwinbrown418010 ай бұрын
That is also the voting public. Population control has an effect. Who knew?
@billkammermeier10 ай бұрын
This exactly what they want. Lifelong politicians that vote along party lines without thinking or questioning
@jrstoelting10 ай бұрын
“What?” “Just say yes”
@settame110 ай бұрын
That come from lifelong Democrat/republican voters who vote along party lines without thinking or questioning.
@reidbrinkley865210 ай бұрын
The problem is that many are blinded by parties , add the fact many want democracy without understanding the issue with democracy leaving pitfalls
@rphb587010 ай бұрын
I think the problem is that there is no democracy in America because the first condition for democracy is choice, and ye are only given too pre defined extremist camps who hate each other, instead of the rich icecream of flavers that other countries have. An amendment that created proportional representation would shake things up like none others. It would force politicians to pay attention to voters if, if a 5% minority party could get in and become the deciding vote on many issues
@jacksonglass344710 ай бұрын
Thank you. I’m personally more conservative but I’m not a republican. I’d much rather have a president that’s democrat and competent than a republican that can barely string together a sentence if I agree with them.
@russianbot441810 ай бұрын
@@jacksonglass3447 You got the two parties backward.
@rphb587010 ай бұрын
@@jacksonglass3447 don't worry, America dosn't have a conservative party anyway. They have a fascist party, and they have a communist party, but don't ask me which is which
@jacksonglass344710 ай бұрын
@@russianbot4418 I was trying not make a parallel to our current president. I was trying to convey that I would vote for which ever party had the best candidate even if there are things I strongly dislike about them if it meant that my daily life would improve without constricting my freedoms.
@matthewrix104710 ай бұрын
Knew it was congress as soon as he said retirement home
@hellyeah_ellajane10 ай бұрын
I knew it was Congress as soon as I read the title of the video 😅
@thatiowan358110 ай бұрын
Knew it was Congress as soon as I read the title
@matthewrix104710 ай бұрын
@@thatiowan3581 lol that’s fair, I hardly ever look at the title
@dennisyoung612210 ай бұрын
People keep bringing up term limits, but what is really needed is actual enforcement of laws and arrests of politicians when they break the laws. So many of them constantly violate the Constitution without any consequences.
@3eve0n10 ай бұрын
why not both?
@Joseph_Drew_III10 ай бұрын
@3eve0n I like the way you think
@barrybarlowe564010 ай бұрын
Who watches the watcher? Also, term limits on appointed Bureaucrats. They get in, they're hard to terminate and they pass regulations which is really Congress' job.
@Transformers2Fan110 ай бұрын
Like the "let's play a game called 'NFL or NBA?'' with # of people convicted for spouse abuse, unable to legally hold a credit card, drunk driving, etc... But it's Congress.
@Brent-jj6qi10 ай бұрын
@@barrybarlowe5640 Sadly, regulations can't really be congresses problem, because the science behind regulations for several industries just can't be understood by one person, that's why congress gave them the power
@VeraldoAncodini10 ай бұрын
Regardless of age, what's most important, namely competency and virtue, are completely missing from politicians. All we have these days are corrupt bastards.
@pigpuke10 ай бұрын
Politicians have always been corrupt, we just had and demanded a better class of criminal.
@Allustar10 ай бұрын
Thank your country for turning congress into a career to be exploited.
@pretikewl7610 ай бұрын
We need term limits. There should be no such thing as a "career politician".
@sturnie110 ай бұрын
The founding fathers never invisioned a politician for life roll it was supposed to complete your term and go back to your old life. Until they starred giving themselves more perks and benefits and salary for life and you have the train wreck political system we now question every day!
@lonestar207810 ай бұрын
no. Federalist Papers talked about term limits and why they're terrible. they'd take away the responsibility of the voter and hand it off to government. also, what's to stop lobbyists from going to the freshmen and starting it all over again?
@f308gtb197710 ай бұрын
“We need term limits of zero. There should be no such thing as a politician.” Fixed it for you.
@stevenschnepp57610 ай бұрын
You, dear voter, should be doing your job. You are responsible for dealing with the situation, because that's how a republic works.
@MrSmileyRay10 ай бұрын
People are two lazy to vote for this and democrats and republicans will not vote out any of there own incumbents
@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha693610 ай бұрын
I went to congress once. Saw some old person yelling in the worst smoker’s voice possible, “Hey you, you that guy selling Chawcolate? I always hated Chawcaloate!” This woman had a build similar to that alien Mexico unveiled.
@WinginWolf10 ай бұрын
Hahahah! Were her eyes missing and was she able to move by wheel chair without the use of arms and legs?
@marxxplaysgames10 ай бұрын
Chocolate? Chocolate?! CHOCOLATE!!!
@pattonramming198810 ай бұрын
Diane Feinstein?
@logenvestfold414310 ай бұрын
I bet they were around when chocolate was first invented, and likely hated it.
@OceanAce10 ай бұрын
By any chance, did she happen to rub her skin with chocolate?
@lionelwhiskerknot10 ай бұрын
I don't care what age they are as long as they are both competent and aren't selling their country out for personal gain which should be a treasonous act.
@Balderdash100010 ай бұрын
Well, that leaves out the vast majority of congress then, doesn't it?
@lionelwhiskerknot10 ай бұрын
@@Balderdash1000 Yes. Yes it does. I wouldn't be opposed to replacing the lot of them.
@chaosXP3RT10 ай бұрын
The people who repeat Russian and Chinese propaganda on the floor of Congress are my favorite! (Gaetz and Greene)
@Allustar10 ай бұрын
The majority of congress is only in it to make money, so guess you kind of have to care more.
@JayChampagne10 ай бұрын
I actually think age limits are a much better solution than tests that measure cognitive ability. Even the best of those tests need to be interpreted, and you don't want elected representatives vetoed by unelected test administrators.
@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz10 ай бұрын
Yep. Cognitive tests would allow unelected pencil pushers to gatekeep the government, which is a power the people are supposed to have.
@WeighedWilson10 ай бұрын
What age is peak for Social Security benefits? Maybe start there.
@jrstoelting10 ай бұрын
Term limits solve the problem with no tests necessary.
@shanekeenaNYC10 ай бұрын
@stopbig-techmonopolies2026 I would say social security retirement age needs to be put on a moving scale according to average US life expectancy, adjusting every 10 years. Take it out of career politicians and give the bureaucrats something to do besides pushing pencils.
@JayChampagne10 ай бұрын
@@shanekeenaNYC Bureaucrats already do everything legislators should be tasked with. The role of the legislature is currently to spend money that doesn't exist.
@michaelmoubarek117810 ай бұрын
When they’re so old, they won’t be around to suffer the consequences of their decisions! These older folks won’t have to work the US out of the terrible trouble they’re leading us into!
@Mongoosesummoner10 ай бұрын
*CoughCough* AOC's New Green Deal *CoughCough"
@videakias300010 ай бұрын
"why would I take the [cognitive] test? come on man. that's like saying you, before you got to this program, you should take a test for doing cocaine or not, what do you think?what do you think? are you a junkie?" joe biden to a black reporter.
@BasementBerean10 ай бұрын
Back when this country was founded, they actually thought that someone was mature and wise enough to be a senator or representative at 30 years of age, and 25 respectively. And likely they were.
@kriegjaeger10 ай бұрын
To be fair in that time there was no such thing as a "Teenager". If you were over 10 you were a "young man" and expected to be working in your family's business and dealing with familial responsibilities. Now most people don't expect anyone to have responsibility until 18, if at all. Parents kick their children out of the house because they don't contribute to the household and yet the parents often never taught them how to live responsibly but wanted them to have the childhood they never could.
@BasementBerean10 ай бұрын
@@kriegjaeger I've wondered if the whole idea of public education, at least the "until 18" kind has sort of jumped the shark and should be abolished.
@jimmydesouza437510 ай бұрын
@@BasementBerean It never jumped the shark. Look up something called "The Prussian model", that is what all modern education is, not even based on, simply is. It was designed from the start by King Frederick The Great of Prussia to brainwash the children into being good cogs, for the military (males) and as breeders (females) in order to create the most powerful Prussian (German) army possible. As the need for soldiers has decreased, the need to keep the rest of the population infantilized has increased, which is why initially optional and specialised high school became mandatory, and now we're in the phase of optionally secondary and specialised college becoming mandatory (how often do you hear of people going to college to "find themselves" or not knowing what their career path is? That is 100% not what college is meant to be, that is what primary/elementary school is supposed to be).
@draighodge603910 ай бұрын
@@kriegjaegerin many ways child labor laws have produced the unintended consequence of an artificially long childhood. Guys like Newton were inventing things like calculus to describe gravity at 16 years old. Today, we are excited when a "teenager" shows up on time ready for work.
@kriegjaeger10 ай бұрын
@@BasementBerean I don't think public education itself is bad, but the change is that it went from a church ministry in local communities where teachers, teachings and students were all localized and in small classrooms with universal biblical morality to government funded factory preparation facilities in the industrial revolution. School bells and shifting from room to room were made to simulate shift bells and moving around the assembly line and little has changed. Look at how schools fawn over graduates who get signed onto prestigious corporations or sports teams. The children are groomed a products for corporations. Or were anyhow, now they're just groomed.
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever10 ай бұрын
Term limits would sure help with this situation also, by limiting the damage done by those with cognitive decline
@pretikewl7610 ай бұрын
I've been saying this for a long time. There shouldn't be "career politicians".
@stevenschnepp57610 ай бұрын
You know what would solve the situation? If you, dear voter, were to do your fucking job and quit trying to get the government to take care of your fuckups for you.
@logenvestfold414310 ай бұрын
Not necessarily. Term limits would kneecap career politicians, but would do nothing to stop political parties from exclusively propping up elderly candidates to utilize their cognitive decline as a means to make puppeteering easier.
@triphius10 ай бұрын
@@logenvestfold4143Case Study: Joe Biden A lot of damage can be done inside of reasonable term limits. However, I do think we should have them… but they’re not the silver bullet.
@logenvestfold414310 ай бұрын
@@triphius yeah not against term limits. But I also think there should be a cap on age too. I find it bizarre that we have a minimum age requirement but not a maximum age limit.
@alfredosaint-jean966010 ай бұрын
Age doesn't mean experience. That fallacy only helped to perpetuate this.
@rjbourgeois549010 ай бұрын
Oh they are experienced alright, but that doesn't mean that that experience will be put towards your benefit. Time allows for greater oppertunity to obtain experience, but what they view as beneficial is different to what you view as beneficial. Different target audiences. Corruption.
@landaumoonbeams161710 ай бұрын
At first, I thought the Scarecrow was missing from the group's costume theme. Then, I realized that the Scarecrow is all of Congress collectively because not a single member of Congress has a brain.
@ThisisKyle10 ай бұрын
We need cognitive tests for our elected officials
@Aliksander5410 ай бұрын
Question 1: Do you acknowledge the FACT that human-made GLOBAL WARMING will kill us all in 10 years? Question 2: Do you acknowledge the FACT that our system is a cis-normative white supremacy patriarchy? Question 3:.... Oh I'm sorry, I'm afraid you aren't knowledgeable enough to serve.
@SweatyFatGuy10 ай бұрын
And there should be a lower limit for intelligence so they don't tell homeless people to go home or are overly concerned with Guam capsizing... and they should know what a garbage disposal does too.. and other simple things.
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever10 ай бұрын
@@SweatyFatGuybut if we had that, an entire group of people who are in Congress today would have no place to go to become millionaires
@dododojo90510 ай бұрын
That's just asking for the cognitive testing people to ensure that our politicians have the "right opinions".
@joshuagross315110 ай бұрын
And all officials, not just the old ones.
@user-op8fg3ny3j10 ай бұрын
At least younger politicians have the chance to gain experience and mature to competency. The same can't be said for geriatrics
@esteban148710 ай бұрын
Or they have more years to make the same stupid mistakes over and over.
@BlazeLycan10 ай бұрын
Have to agree with @@esteban1487. In the game of politics: admitting you are wrong; a prerequisite to personal growth, is a death sentence to being elected. Politics are incentivized to stick with their guns which isn't great when those decisions affect you and I. One can't elect geriatrics or youngsters who'll get the competence "later".
@Leonard_Wolf_205610 ай бұрын
@@esteban1487making a "mistake" for the second time is not a mistake. It's a choice. They are choosing bad. They are choosing to be evil.
@beluga234210 ай бұрын
or they could be another AOC... o god....
@esteban148710 ай бұрын
@@Leonard_Wolf_2056 No, it's only the SAME mistake over and over that's a choice.
@Seymorebuttz10 ай бұрын
Fun fact there were several points in American history whereas the government had a huge problem with congressmen and other officials being too young. This is perhaps the first time ever that the issue is our politicians being too old.
@Gottaculat10 ай бұрын
35 to 65 seems like a sweet spot for politician age. Younger lacks the wisdom that hopefully comes with experience, and older starts becoming detached from and less adaptable to the modern world. Someone like my own dad, for example, whom I have great admiration and respect for, is just too old to understand modern workings. He's 78, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, has over 35 years of experience in banking, and has been an outstanding father, BUT, he can't even figure out how to get his new laptop to work. His old one is bogged down with malware and viruses because he doesn't understand basic computer maintenance. He actually thinks it's practical to just give up computers entirely and, I'm not joking, "just get a portable typewriter." His cognitive abilities are fine, but he's stuck in the past. He still writes checks. Who does that? It's so clumsy and impractical. I generally don't like to bad-mouth my dad; not a good thing to do. I am, however, a pragmatist, and while I honor my dad, I have to also acknowledge people his age are generally past the point of having a bead on modern life. One can be on point philosophically, but totally derailed when it comes to the details of modern workings. I'd still trust my dad to lead over some nitwit like AOC, though. Not even a contest.
@settame110 ай бұрын
It really depends. My dads 70 and has forsaken most computers as to complicated - but his degree is in software engineering and he knows it well, he just hates the things now. I think many people in that age don’t actually want to keep up because they see how useless it is and it’s part of the wisdom. My dad has certainly become more pragmatic when it comes to war, investments and politics as he’s aged, and he was always very well versed. Now he sees more the cyclical nature of it and realizes it’s all pretty futile.
@rjbourgeois549010 ай бұрын
Age has very little to do with it. Whether the person has moral value in tune with the founding principles of the nation of which they supposedly represent is a much greater factor. If they are corrupt, doesn't matter what age they are or amount of wisdom they have.
@justanotherchannelonyoutub12610 ай бұрын
I love how Bob’s Halloween bowl is the penguin. Nice call back
@sempersuffragium995110 ай бұрын
I went into this thinking it would just be the same old "we need term limits" thing. Nice to see some independent thought
@Gottaculat10 ай бұрын
Something to consider is very elderly politicians don't have to live with the consequences of their decisions 30-40 years from now. A younger politician, say, 35, does.
@xSilentZeroXx10 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, no politician has to live with the consequences of their actions. They're so rich that they just live in gated communities with 24/7 security.
@Supersurfer1210 ай бұрын
It is scary how much the mind can degrade with age. I have seen, firsthand, the damage done by elderly people just trying to drive.
@AsylumEscapade10 ай бұрын
Have you seen Grey Dawn?
@DarkHorseSki10 ай бұрын
Term limits would really help with this. And if term limits are good enough for the POTUS, they should be good enough for elected officials in Congress.
@ninjaked126510 ай бұрын
How about age limits instead
@DarkHorseSki10 ай бұрын
@@ninjaked1265 no... because science and personal choices impact the age at which people start having problems and thus, that is not a hard cut guide that makes sense.
@Efa_Birch10 ай бұрын
Especially since it seems like Congress is typically the most powerful (in the long term, as presidents can simply undo the executive orders of their predecessor and the Judicial branch can overturn a previously-decided case), it seems like their ideas have the most staying power. So yeah, that's definitely a good idea. You need your politicians to not only be willing to hold to the values you trust them with, but also to represent them ably.
@notthefbi793210 ай бұрын
So old and so not questionably rich 😉 🤑🤑🤑 2- terms for senators 4- terms for Congress
@linkplays295210 ай бұрын
wouldnt it make more sense for 6 term ? so for both senate and house has 12 year limit
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever10 ай бұрын
@@linkplays2952I would vote for a 12 year limit in total of both so they can go back home before getting too corrupted
@linkplays295210 ай бұрын
@@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever feel like the only way to accomplish that is to make it so senators can't join Congress and vice versa
@celestirr10 ай бұрын
Or we go back to what it was when it was originally created~ A privilege.. not a job. The moment they don't get paid to do it, all the greed flushes out.
@linkplays295210 ай бұрын
@@celestirr no what will happen then is more insider trading or just lobbying. also senators spend more than 40hrs a week on it. its basically a job and should at least be paid something.
@Zetact_10 ай бұрын
Congressional Bingo Night is one where the person who wins Bingo gets to print a few billion dollars for their pet projects. The people who do not win Bingo also get to print a few billion dollars.
@cherubin7th10 ай бұрын
It is a track to disguise corruption as incompetence.
@drip36910 ай бұрын
Yes people should learn to vote for policy not personality, competency matters
@BrotherHood-xh9sg10 ай бұрын
1. The problem Soapy hasn't mentioned, is that if you invlude life expectancy, the "age" of American politicians hasn't risen that much. 2. Again, it's not about age, it's about mental fitness. He kinda mentions it with the 30 year old stuff, but age is just a number here. What's important is the capacity to lead and the mental fitness to do so.
@Brent-jj6qi10 ай бұрын
Here's the thing, life expectancy has gone up, but that doesn't mean people are going longer before hitting mental decline. A vast majority of the increase isn't people living further into adulthood, it's just people making it to adulthood in the first place rather then dying in infancy. In addition, the people who do live longer tend to be propped up decaying husks, not always obviously, but quite often
@BrotherHood-xh9sg10 ай бұрын
@@Brent-jj6qi my point with life expectancy was that the founding fathers at the time they were in the senate, were already in the last stages of their life. They weren't in their thirties. Point 2 was about mental fitness over the focus of age.
@mustang60710 ай бұрын
Old politicians make some of best puppets for the puppet masters.
@wislordthewhite282310 ай бұрын
Never reveal a beautifull women's age Good thing he didn't
@QuantumLeaper2510 ай бұрын
Ouch.
@barrybarlowe564010 ай бұрын
They missed one feature: any congress person they met would tax them up to 60% of their candy.
@sturnie110 ай бұрын
They always used to joke that every politician has a skeleton in their close NOW they are the skeleton! Oh the irony
@jennifermcneece300910 ай бұрын
This is why primaries are so important
@RectifiedMetals10 ай бұрын
The average “retirement age,” of the average American should be the age limit for all government seats, all 3 branches. Whatever the number is, 67 - 70, doesn’t matter. Go home, enjoy the grand kids, enjoy your last moments of life.
@notmuch_2310 ай бұрын
The _real_ problem is that too many people just flat out don't think, don't want to, and thus have no experience doing so.
@chowrites617910 ай бұрын
Term limits is my go to. Age means nothing when compared to experience but we need to make sure they don't become career politicians
@trapperjohn757110 ай бұрын
Age itself just isn't that useful as a gauge. One of the people my Mom used to work with started going senile in her 50s. On the other hand, my great grandma at the ripe old age of 104 was not only as sharp as a tack, but she almost got kicked out of the nursing home after she beat up her 80 year old roommate
@bentonmarcum892410 ай бұрын
We should pass an amendment that only clowns can run for office. 🤔 . Wait a minute. That wouldn't actually change anything
@flyingturret208thecannon510 ай бұрын
No, it would be an improvement.
@ratoim10 ай бұрын
Hey man, be nice! Clowns work hard. They design their own face brand, practice athletic pratfalls, work with other clowns to put on a show, work the crowds, and most importantly, know when to bow off the stage.
@bentonmarcum892410 ай бұрын
@@ratoim you were describing Bidum until that last part
@flyingturret208thecannon510 ай бұрын
@@bentonmarcum8924 When did Biden bow off the stage?
@bentonmarcum892410 ай бұрын
@@flyingturret208thecannon5 I suggest you reread my post. I said UNTIL the last part.
@darthhodges10 ай бұрын
Public, live debates are a great way to sort out the incapable. If you are too old or too ignorant to respond coherently within the time limits given it shows on the debate stage. It also can indicate how individuals react under pressure when they are surprised by a question. They are far from foolproof, of course. Several presidential candidates in recent years were caught wearing ear pieces so they could be fed answers instead of having to think themselves.
@o00nemesis00o10 ай бұрын
...pinhole pupils, enough said.
@lorensoth436510 ай бұрын
There is a huge fallacy here "Experience doesn't equal wisdom". As a republic, the sole point of representatives was to bring a concensus of thought of the district they represent. The biggest problem as that THESE people have their own personal agendas and do not represent their district. It's hurts, especially when things are 49/51 of 10% of active voters. The other thing is no individual has the experience, that is why they have an office of people who know how to administrate and delegate....and get things done. They are just figurehead, atop of people who actually do the job....it is a bureaucracy after all......
@grrman10 ай бұрын
Way too old and and way too rich for having worked in government
@DylanLey10 ай бұрын
We need term limits and/or cognitive tests!
@sporkwitch10 ай бұрын
Right at the end when he's a ghost, my first thought is "oh, look, a Biden voter!" lol
@sandyjourneys10 ай бұрын
It really has nothing to do with age and everything to do with capability, or a lack there of.
@kamikaze0000710 ай бұрын
What you need is more power to the people. You need a voting option that allows "We, The People" to hold an emergency vote on whether or not a politician is allowed to stay their term or get "let go of" instead of "fired" which is what impeachment originally should be.
@phoenixbyrd7910 ай бұрын
I 100% advocate for age limits. No one past the age of legal retirement ... so, 65ish is it now? ... should be allowed to serve in any capacity in government, period *AND* term limits should be required. No more career politicians. Serve your country and step aside and allow others a chance to serve.
@xhesil884810 ай бұрын
Trick or Treating at Congress is just buying yourself a bag of candy with extra steps. And Zeroes.
@QuantumLeaper2510 ай бұрын
LONG passed overdue….
@ameribeaner10 ай бұрын
Thank you for explaining these complex topics with cartoons, it makes it so much easier to teach my kids with these videos
@donaldham30810 ай бұрын
Age and experience goes hand in hand is true, but experience does not equal intelligence of competence.
@draighodge603910 ай бұрын
We need cumulative time limits: no one should "serve" in Government for more than twenty years. No retirement, no "free" healthcare and dental plans. Let them live under the same rules as we do.
@bobbywagner111310 ай бұрын
Politicians should have so little power that it shouldn't matter who gets elected.
@RichardGeiszler10 ай бұрын
An honest politician is one that once bought, stays bought. -- We need term limits and campaign contribution reform & restrictions.
@forsociopoliticalstuff262910 ай бұрын
The way I see it, if there are age minimums, there should also be age limits. A sweet spot range is needed.
@stevenbyford561510 ай бұрын
Bob's a genius.
@donoimdono270210 ай бұрын
"....could leave us with a bunch of inexperienced know nothings." or worse; the squad. inexperienced _activist_ know nothings!
@dragondogemaster3 ай бұрын
Experience in Congress is so important but yes also competence and knowledge of today.
@acem8210 ай бұрын
One mistake: No-one can competently exercise governmental authority. They don't have the price signals or any of the incentives to be competent.
@jeremyschaber458810 ай бұрын
We have to remember the power of incumbency and people's character flaw to just vote for the same person over and over because that is always what they do. While primaries are good for new blood and ideas how many people are focused on their real lives to give the proper time and focus to determine who is truly the better candidate?
@nickswildweather13089 ай бұрын
We don't need age limits. We need term limits. And a limit on years in government overall.
@ghost30710 ай бұрын
I'm impressed that you were able to make this entire video without using the word "whippersnapper".
@aarongogl538610 ай бұрын
As with so many things, the solution is simple, but hard to do: vote better.
@treason52010 ай бұрын
I disagree. Federal retirement age should be the age limit for all government positions. A few other things should probably happen as well: - cognitive tests for voters - cognitive tests for candidates - term limits for all government officials (elected or otherwise)
@jimmydesouza437510 ай бұрын
"You do not agree with CURRENT THING, ergo your cognitive functions are impaired. Voting rights lost, citizen!" Good job!
@johndaniel716110 ай бұрын
You act as though there's such a thing as a good politician. I like my enemies old and senile, thank you very much.
@jakelnordstrom10 ай бұрын
Perfect example of the "vote younger doesn't equal voting better" dichotomy: the solution to someone like Nancy Pelosi ISN'T someone like AOC.
@marijanelanwehr736910 ай бұрын
Good food for thought! You are such a talented group! Best wishes!
@OceanAce10 ай бұрын
All we need are a few "professionals" to take care of the issue if any politician refuses to retire after 79.
@TheAllSeeingEye246810 ай бұрын
If you can't remember where you put your keys then you shouldn't run for Congress
@SJR-10289 ай бұрын
“NicE tO mEEt YoU. HApPy HAllOwEeN!”
@queenbunnyfoofoo611210 ай бұрын
Term limits aren't an answer to the real problem. The real problem is crappy voters. Most people don't research the candidates and just vote party (voting irregularities is another subject). All that happens with term limits is you get another crook after the previous crook is termed out. On the other hand, if a representative is doing a good job, they should stay as long as the voters want them.
@stevenschnepp57610 ай бұрын
It's nice to see someone here understands what's actually going on.
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever10 ай бұрын
With term limits we might get higher quality candidates
@conserva-chan273510 ай бұрын
"Bob, this is congress"
@rustleshackleford155310 ай бұрын
Term limits will aid in the age problem.
@liskira625010 ай бұрын
at first I was thinking "where was the scarecrow?" then I realized you didn't want to make a strawman
@gerry578610 ай бұрын
The fratstar congressman smoking the vape was hilarious to see.
@Tulion10 ай бұрын
Maybe it is just a reflection of the voters, many if which are already past the end of their life.
@RaichuWizDom10 ай бұрын
It's extra funny when you realise Dorothy's companions all became rulers in their own right. The Lion ruled the jungle, the Tin Woodsman took over ruling the Winkies from the Wicked Witch of the West, and Scarecrow took over ruling Oz for a while. Even the flying monkeys had their own king; the monkeys were intelligent, and a trump card the witch only used in emergencies, because she could only use them a limited amount of times. Well, in the original, at least, the musical cut a lot. (Seriously, read the first book sometime, chapter 12 is *brutal*) Anyway, not sure if that was intentional, but it's funny to note, regardless.
@kingofthorns20310 ай бұрын
But then there's legends like Clint Eastwood still making films at 93. He said in an interview recently that he "gets up every day and doesn't let the old man in."
@shanekeenaNYC10 ай бұрын
Or Ron Paul but Clint Eastwood is an amazing actor.
@CommonSenseSoapbox10 ай бұрын
Not sure if you saw Cry Macho, but his age shows. Sad.
@jahenders10 ай бұрын
It's definitely true that too many geriatrics with dubious mental capacity stick around in Congress, the Presidency, and the courts. However, I'm glad that you point out that electing young fools is definitely not an improvement. If only voters (as a whole) voted for candidates that they legitimately studied and found to have a good grasp of the issues, rather than blindly voting for whoever had the same letter suffix (D or R) as they do.
@Smirch7210 ай бұрын
How about we all awaken, and accept the fact that 'authority' is an illusion.
@i2rtw10 ай бұрын
Moving toward fulfilling the prophecy ,”a child shall lead them.”
@MakkenziKreiga10 ай бұрын
It should be legal to get their medical information upon request, as representatives their health is a key interest to the people.
@CornDogShaun10 ай бұрын
We are sprinting towards Idiocracy the movie.
@earltate5610 ай бұрын
No age limits would be necessary if there were TERM LIMITS.
@MissingTrails10 ай бұрын
Theory: young voters find ancient politicians endearing, find young candidates relatable, and hate their parents.
@BlackrockLobbyist10 ай бұрын
Term limits fix this issue within a few election cycles
@stevenschnepp57610 ай бұрын
No, because the issue is the voters.
@CarbonOtter10 ай бұрын
The official Social Security retirement age. When you hit it, you should be lawfully required to step down from any elected public office.
@stevenschnepp57610 ай бұрын
Excellent idea. They'll just roll back retirement age to prevent their being mandatorily retired.
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever10 ай бұрын
That might work if it were coupled with some kind of term limit maximum. Some people might run for Congress initially after reaching SS age. If they win we would get the advantage of their experience. We just don't need them in office 20 years later at age 85
@CarbonOtter10 ай бұрын
I hope they do. Then they'd have to admit Social Security is broken and they'd have citizenry beating them down over it. Keep your office, lose your voters.@@stevenschnepp576
@brycecarbee10 ай бұрын
I don't know how much age really effects anything, I'm more concerned with the blatant corruption that people ignore...
@opinionofmine323810 ай бұрын
In the span of the conversation that politician died, his corpse was taken away and his ghost took his place.
@brokeneyes661510 ай бұрын
Every kid within a 3 block radius of the Mars factory in Chicago did this very thing in the 90’s.
@cohenvale634210 ай бұрын
I can guess that Ron woulda been the scarecrow. Also, dude got the penguin back!!
@Mishterius10 ай бұрын
Why would anybody oppose a 75-year age limit for public office?
@ribiagio9810 ай бұрын
Nice to meet you, happy Halloween!
@TheAntManChannel10 ай бұрын
What an embarrassment in congress today.
@kevhead152510 ай бұрын
Term limits is so obviously the right thing. That's why it will never happen. Once they are in that cushy club they hope to stay until death (or scandal).
@afrikasmith104910 ай бұрын
At this point we got two choices. 1: A citizen government where we could give elder politicians cognitive test and stop corruption. 2: Starship Troopers.
@stevenschnepp57610 ай бұрын
Considering so many of our societal problems stem from universal suffrage...
@BrainUndead8010 ай бұрын
I will actively advocate against term limits because of Dr. Ron Paul and Don Young, the latter was amazing for Alaska.
@amikbixby250210 ай бұрын
Term limits on more positions solve a lot of problems.
@jacoblamb353510 ай бұрын
Age limits are completely necessary. executive branches of the federal and state governments should be 50 or under.