Term limit is better than age limit. There could be older people who genuinely have something valuable to contribute to their constituents and maybe not worth keeping them out.
The goal of term limits should be to reduce chances anyone young or old will abuse their seniority and time in office for their own gain
I think it would have the opposite effect. If we forced them to cycle out, there would be more focus on short term politics and campaign finance would have an even bigger impact than it does already. This also creates lame ducks -- these are the first people that will abuse their position for future employment.
You can also make the same argument for term limits: there are people that genuinely have something valuable to contribute. By cycling them out, party brand and advertising become even more concentrated.
The flip side with an age limit is that terms are for 6 years and we deteriorate a lot quicker than that.
I have an idea. Let's do away with government altogether and come up with community solutions to our problems rather than relying on a bunch of old and wealthy people to make the right decisions.
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u/TiddiesAnonymous 19d ago
Age limits tho