goofyernmost
Aged to Perfection
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2002
What world are you living in. There is nothing but erroneous statements in your post. None of those things apply to most people over 60. Over 80 maybe, but, otherwise sorry, wrong, wrong, wrong. I am seventy and I am totally alarmed by what is happening today. I am also acutely aware of history and can see that we are about to repeat it. It won't be pretty. There are a large number of under 60 in congress and they are dumber then a bucket of rocks. They have no concept of anything other then how to get rich and that they don't work for the President, the President in fact works for the people that congress is supposed to represent.Yes, I feel very strongly that elderly people (I define this as anyone beyond retirement age) should NOT be qualified to be the President. There should be an upper age limit (IMO, no older than 60 at the time of inauguration).
Here are my reasons why I feel this way:
1. Declining mental capacity. This is just a biological fact. Sure, there are people who remain sharp well into their 80's and even 90's sometimes. However, this is highly unpredictable, and cognitive decline happens for most people beginning in their 60's. We need to have someone of sound mind running our country.
2. Motivation to better the country for the younger generations. Older people tend to lose touch with what the future holds, and tend to care less about the FAR future (the time period beyond which they will likely live). They tend to want to make decisions that will benefit THEM, RIGHT NOW (health care initiatives, taxes, social laws, etc). They also tend to look down on the types of social movements/developments happening in the younger generations and write them off as pointless or damaging ("kids these days" type dismissive mentality). We need politicians that make decisions in the interest of ALL their constituents, rather than pandering to only one demographic. Younger politicians seem to "get" this much better than older ones who are very set in their ways and belief systems.
3. Ability to be open minded to unconventional solutions to age old problems. Most older people simply do not want to hear new, innovative solutions to problems. They want to continue to say things like "in my day, we would fix this by..." It is very hard to let go of the past and realize that times change and new solutions need to be found. I feel that younger politicians are more open minded and willing to consider new solutions.
It is also true that a lot of innovative solutions to problems will not work. Common sense is lacking in a lot of our young people that tend to be tunnel visioned instead of understanding and accounting for the bigger picture. In other words... have simplistic solutions to everything in a complex world.