There Should Be An Upper Limit On The President’s Age - 65 or 70

The opposite, you want people who are older, who have lived at the different stages of life, and know what the people go through at different ages, I would prefer them at least OVER 70, Why not someone who is 90-100 -110 with all that Knowledge and Wisdom ( drawback is more likely to die), besides physical jobs are out of the question for most (Jack Lalanne is an exception 88 GOOD Fingertip Pushups Consecutively) on his 88th Birthday most 20-30 year old's can't do, but they have more life experiences, knowledge, wisdom, Read Pat Buchanan's Articles and books and on TV he is probably well into his 80's, but he has great knowledge of history and tells how it relates to current times and makes Predictions that seem outrageous at the time that wind up happening Example Catalonia would try to break off from Spain, well they tried and probably will try again, In his book suicide of a Super power he said Will the USA survive until 2025 that prediction was thought to be so Insane he was fired from MSNBC, but look at how divided the USA currently is since the Summer Riots, He also predicted that the FAR LEFT would try to Villainize Heroes like Christopher Columbus when nobody saw that coming.

He is Right Wing, but with Left Wing it would be the same people over 70 would have the most knowledge, probably why Biden got over 80 Million votes about 15-20 million more than Obama who the Media seemed to want to do well.

I think it should have to be someone over 70 with an IQ above 150 (It is an Extremely Important Job so Intelligence is Paramount) who has a great knowledge of History, Economics, Knowledge of ALL Government systems and the History of how they work in Practice, I think Japan is now more United and has lower crime than the USA, I don't know why, but I think a leader should look into the reasons and try to emulate it, I would like to see USA be more united and have less crime than Japan again.

I’d be impressed by old folks who are willing to view my proposal objectively—I plan to be one someday.[/quote]

You "plan" to be old? If you're lucky enough to make it. Showing your youthful inexperience there. Speaking as one of the "old folks", I'm not that interested in impressing you. You are already impressed enough with yourself.

World Gone Wrong wrote:

I’m not one of these “Dementia Joe” idiots; I believe he’s of much sounder mind than the orange lunatic. That said, I think he’s experienced a normal degree of age related cognitive decline.

Why should we be electing these old codgers as “Leader of the free world?” Studies have shown that people reach their cognitive peaks in the 40s at the latest, and much more often between 18 and 35. We’ve always had the age 35+ stipulation for U.S. Presidents, but why not an upper limit? Because it will offend the elderly? Boo-freaking-hoo!

Somebody had better start drafting some legislation. I nominate Greg (okay that’s a joke, but otherwise I’m quite serious).

No, there should not be an age limit. Rather someone who couldn't do the job of age shouldn't be selected by an informed electorate. There should be more education about political issues and less propaganda.

Armstronglivs wrote:

I’d be impressed by old folks who are willing to view my proposal objectively—I plan to be one someday.

You "plan" to be old? If you're lucky enough to make it. Showing your youthful inexperience there.[/quote]

You can plan on something without believing it’s an assured certainty, old timer.

World Gone Wrong wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

I’d be impressed by old folks who are willing to view my proposal objectively—I plan to be one someday.

You "plan" to be old? If you're lucky enough to make it. Showing your youthful inexperience there.

You can plan on something without believing it’s an assured certainty, old timer.[/quote]

Maybe you should plan on becoming wiser - or even a little more humble. It certainly isn't an assured certainty, whippersnapper.

Don’t talk craziness. We wouldn’t have our savior Dementia Joe with that rule in place. That man is like a god. Only gotten better and better with age.

Oldie but goldie wrote:

The Ravenn wrote:

Would anyone let Biden borrow their car??

I'd like to borrow his.

https://youtu.be/mP-hyDSlmUs?t=41

That was pretty good.

Was that Colin Powell at the end in the other Vette?

He's older than Biden.

The upper limit should be 28 years younger than the average lifespan in the US for your gender. That way at the end of two terms the outgoing President will, on average, have to live 20 years in the country they created. Same goes for Senators and Congressman. If they do something to f*ck the country up I want them to have a front row seat to the decline and die lonely knowing their last two decades on Earth would have been much improved had they not screwed the pooch.

maxxy wrote:

The upper limit should be 28 years younger than the average lifespan in the US for your gender. That way at the end of two terms the outgoing President will, on average, have to live 20 years in the country they created. Same goes for Senators and Congressman. If they do something to f*ck the country up I want them to have a front row seat to the decline and die lonely knowing their last two decades on Earth would have been much improved had they not screwed the pooch.

Not a bad idea. This would mean the upper age limits should be:

Men - 48

Women - 53

World Gone Wrong wrote:

maxxy wrote:

The upper limit should be 28 years younger than the average lifespan in the US for your gender. That way at the end of two terms the outgoing President will, on average, have to live 20 years in the country they created. Same goes for Senators and Congressman. If they do something to f*ck the country up I want them to have a front row seat to the decline and die lonely knowing their last two decades on Earth would have been much improved had they not screwed the pooch.

Not a bad idea. This would mean the upper age limits should be:

Men - 48

Women - 53

Well, that would rule out Washington, Lincoln and FDR.

The drug war began with Nixon. By the time Reagan got into office, the combination of the use of civil forfeiture, no knock, and rico laws led to massive civil liberties violations, big incentives for police departments to use suspicions of drug trafficking to fund themselves with cash and possessions (cars, houses, estates, etc.), and a massive increase in drug convicts in prison. Check out the late Dan Baum's fine book, "Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure."

Armstronglivs wrote:

World Gone Wrong wrote:

Not a bad idea. This would mean the upper age limits should be:

Men - 48

Women - 53

Well, that would rule out Washington, Lincoln and FDR.

Man, you’re so easily trolled! In seriousness I’m sticking with 65 or 70.

Here is a list of the ages at which each President left office, chronologically:

65

65

65

65

66

61

69

58

68

54

53

65

53

52

69

56

60

54

58

49

55

51

59

59

58

50

55

64

57

56

58

63

68

70 - Eisenhower

46

60

61

63

56

77 - Reagan

68

54

62

55

74 - Trump

Biden of course will be 82 after one term, which stands out as a significant outlier, and is beyond the average life expectancy in the U.S. and virtually anywhere.

I’ve got nothing bad to say about Ike, but Reagan (who some are using as a counterpoint to my argument...what the heck) was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s by the end of his 2nd term, and Trump will be remembered as one of the biggest mistakes in U.S. presidential history.

70 years and 0 days at the end of the president’s term seems like a sound upper limit to me.

And not a day more, because at that point mental decline will set in. You're still trolling.

And not a day more, because at that point mental incapacity will instantly set in. You're still trolling.

World Gone Wrong wrote:

I’m not one of these “Dementia Joe” idiots; I believe he’s of much sounder mind than the orange lunatic. That said, I think he’s experienced a normal degree of age related cognitive decline.

Thank you for your contribution, Madam Vice President. But please just be patient. You can run in 4 years.

I know someone in his late 50s dealing with dementia; I know quite a few 70 year old's who are quite sharp.

I think the "dementia" claim is a little bogus. We hear of some of the things Biden says because every word he says is reported on. I bet if we listened to everything you said we could find "evidence" of dementia.

Luv2Run wrote:

I know someone in his late 50s dealing with dementia; I know quite a few 70 year old's who are quite sharp.

I think the "dementia" claim is a little bogus. We hear of some of the things Biden says because every word he says is reported on. I bet if we listened to everything you said we could find "evidence" of dementia.

Joe has been saying weird things for 40+ years now that he has been in the public eye. Dementia Joe is a classic Trump projection where he takes his situation and imagines everyone else is just like him. Why is Joe taking drugs before a debate? Cause that was what trump was doing? Why does Joe have dementia? Because that is what Trump was diagnosis with. This has been Trumps MO for decades. Nobody is really shocked by it.

In the end it is a probability game. Odds are a 60 year old will still be mentally sharp in 4-8 years. 78 year old? Not so much as the declines can happen rapidly. As your parents get up there, you start hearing about how rapidly people decline. The guy you dad was playing golf every week 2 years ago is now in a wheel chair. Biden could be fine for the next 8 years. Or he could have some event tomorrow.

50s are ideal

You’re old enough to have real life experience

You likely don’t have young children anymore to distract you

You likely don’t have grandchildren yet

It’s a good time to focus on a high level leadership job like president

Luv2Run wrote:

I know someone in his late 50s dealing with dementia; I know quite a few 70 year old's who are quite sharp.

I think the "dementia" claim is a little bogus. We hear of some of the things Biden says because every word he says is reported on. I bet if we listened to everything you said we could find "evidence" of dementia.

Yeah, if you were to read and understand the first post in the thread you’d know I never claimed that Biden is suffering from dementia. This age-limit proposal of mine has nothing to do with Joe Biden personally (I voted for him over Drumpf, for the record).

Would you dispute that a 75 or 80 year old man is significantly more likely to develop neurodegenerative problems or other serious health issues than a man in his 50s? If you would, you’re not facing reality.

I think it’s great for an 82 year old to take tickets at a parking garage on football Saturdays—I’m not so confident in making them President of the United States.