I don't agree with age caps per se. I'm surrounded by older people here (and I'm 71!), and they have more energy than people half their age, and more mental awareness - look at the junk younger people are getting fed on social media and "entertainment". But they should be taking real cognitive and medical tests, not the kind that loony Jackson gave Trump.
Merry Christmas/Happy Hannukah, Miss Eva. Respectfully, I disagree. One of the contributing factors to the collapse of the Soviet Union was that it had become a deeply entrenched gerontocracy. I do not want that to take root here. I agree that *some* older Americans are as sharp as ginsu knives, but I see them as exceptions. Most are not. If an age 70 cap is in place, then we encourage turnover & encourage new thinking on policy. It's not me saying "Old people suck", but it is me saying we need to break the pattern before the pattern becomes the problem.
I don't agree with age caps per se. I'm surrounded by older people here (and I'm 71!), and they have more energy than people half their age, and more mental awareness - look at the junk younger people are getting fed on social media and "entertainment". But they should be taking real cognitive and medical tests, not the kind that loony Jackson gave Trump.
Merry Christmas/Happy Hannukah, Miss Eva. Respectfully, I disagree. One of the contributing factors to the collapse of the Soviet Union was that it had become a deeply entrenched gerontocracy. I do not want that to take root here. I agree that *some* older Americans are as sharp as ginsu knives, but I see them as exceptions. Most are not. If an age 70 cap is in place, then we encourage turnover & encourage new thinking on policy. It's not me saying "Old people suck", but it is me saying we need to break the pattern before the pattern becomes the problem.