Politicians should have to retire when they turn 70
Summary
A 55-year-old straphanger thinks politicians should retire at 70, and he's willing to practice what he preaches. "If you were running, I probably wouldn't vote for you either," he tells Kareem. His logic? No 73-year-old has ever completed a game of 4D chess, and a 70-year-old is making policy for a world that no longer exists. The catch is his favorite politician is Bernie Sanders, who he admits "should have stopped being a senator 200 years ago." He'd drop the retirement age to 65 but makes an exception for women since the sample size isn't big enough yet. Grandmas make good lasagna. Grandpas are drunks and racists, which is exactly why families push them into leadership roles.
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So, what's your take? Politicians should have to retire when they turn 70. 100% agree. A 70-year-old is making policy for a world that no longer exists. Old people retire all the time, but in politics, they don't. It's the only place they hang on to their power. Everybody else has to leave. It's really sad.
Like a 70-year-old, he's like writing laws about AI, and he still has an AOL email, I guess. You know, like the oldest chess wizard or whatever the champion is called of the World Series of Chess or whatever, the Grandmaster, the oldest was 58. And we always talk about politicians playing 4D chess. No 73-year-old ever even completed a game of 4D chess.
So you think the ideal age for a politician is 40s. 41's a lot different than 49.
Yeah. How old are you? No. This the thing. I'm 55.
You look great. Thank you. Thank you. But if you were running, I probably wouldn't vote for you either.
Yeah. I would hope not. I don't want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member. I'm not reliable. I can't I'm a bad father even.
I mean, are you? Well, I mean, I could probably I could be more active.
What if we make it so that you have to be fit? Like, when they say fit for office, they literally mean fit. I don't care if you have abs. I just want to make sure you can add five and five together. Who's your favorite politician? I mean, it's going to be Bernie Sanders, right? He's 850 years old. He should have stopped being a senator 200 years ago, but he talks well.
The average age of a C-level executive is 57. And only 5% of CEOs are over the age of 70 because businesses want to make money, not change size. So you said they should retire at age 70. 70. I want to bring that down to 65. I'm willing to make an exception for female politicians because the sample size is not big enough yet. Grandma's usually pretty nice. They make a good lasagna.
Yeah, grandpas are the worst. They're mean. They're drunks. They're racist. This is part of why I think we let grandpas be leaders is because the whole family's like, "Just get that apple out of the house.