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by Mountain_Skies
1471 days ago
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Wish there was a good solution to the problem of those in mental decline keeping hold of a political office. I don't like the idea of strict age limits since different people age at different rates. Any sort of competency test is likely to end up being gamed by one side or the other. Ultimately it is up to the voters in the electing jurisdiction to decide. Much of the problem in the Senate and House seems to stem from these very old office holders having accumulated lots of power. Some of that is due to seniority rules. Perhaps once an office holder gets past their first term, "seniority" should be assigned by rotation or random, rather than by how many times to same person has been sent back to Washington. The current system seems to reward power hoarding and punishes those districts/states that give undesirable politicians the boot. |
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/trump-mental-fitnes...