https://jeffjacoby.com/27202/the-schoolboy-and-the-gadsden-flag
The schoolboy and the Gadsden flag
by Jeff Jacoby
Arguable
September 5, 2023
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Washington is more of a gerontocracy than ever — no president has ever been older and the median age of the current Senate is 65.3 years, a record high. Though some House freshmen are in their 40s or younger, the median age in that chamber, too, is the highest it’s ever been. McConnell’s brain-freeze episodes, Biden’s moments of obvious confusion, and the tragic evidence of Feinstein’s cognitive decline keep raising questions about the age and health of America’s political leaders. Actually, they keep raising just one question: What do we do about geriatric officeholders who refuse to relax their grip on power?
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The Dead Old White Guys didn’t anticipate that a gerontocracy would occur.
Let’s pick an age — say full social security age — for politicians to retire.
If they are in an office when they have that fateful birthday, then they are deemed to have died in office and whatever process is in place for a death is used to replace them.
If they refuse to go, then someone can just shoot them under Marque and Reprisal power.
Argh!
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