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GOP senators weigh ‘special’ meeting on their leadership after McConnell’s freeze
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Don’t really align with either Democrats or Republicans, but it’s sad and angering to see a politician seemingly unfit for office holding on to the last bit of power possible. Decent people would recognize their time is up and let someone else take the limelight. This goes for both sides.
Tell me about it:
George HW Bush born 1924
Bill Clinton born 1946
George W Bush born 1946
Barack Obama born 1961
Donald Trump born 1946
Joe Biden born 1942
Time keeps progressing and politicians keep just getting fucking older.
It's not just politicians. That entire generation clings to power and jobs, refusing, either due to ego or that they have trickle down economics'd themselves out of a social safety net and pension.
A huge majority of the leadership positions in major companies are old people. They need to learn to retire and step aside.
we're gonna see some changes soon because the people making all of the decisions will all die of old age within a 15 year period
They're most likely to be replaced by the hangers-on who have been dutifully agreeing with those people for years and now finally get the job they were hoping to get ages ago. It's not like Nancy Pelosi passing power to her hand-chosen successor yielded a shakeup in the House Democrats.
And Jeffries is still pretty young. In a lot of other cases the young whipper-snapper waiting for their chance once the dinosaur dies is already above retirement age. They'll need to milk that until they die to feel like they got their rightful chance.
indeed, but at least there will be some new faces and certain issues like the war on drugs will finally see change that was delayed only because old farts with outdated attitudes are clogging up the government.
That’s honestly not soon enough.
Here's to hoping. I'd like to be able to buy a house some day.
The money hoarded by the boomers likely won't be released back into the economy though.. It will move upstream to the rich vultures who bled them dry through end of life care (retirement homes, home aide agencies, funeral industry, etc).
Healthcare is too good now. It's the new normal.
time will solve that
It's pretty simple really. First you must want to work in public service. Next, you run for office after getting backing from your fellow citizens. Campaign where your voters are. Win an election. Remember not to go farther than your experience can take you. Ŕveryone you listed won a (sometimes two) nation wide race.
You are young, but no younger than 35, and you think you can do that? Bon chance.
Trump did not. W only did once, and only because people idiotically vote for the incumbent whenever they feel threatened. The fact that we have a braindead system that lets you become president after losing a nationwide election doesn't change the fact that they lost.
People vote for a candidate for many different reasons. Sometimes it's party affiliations, sometimes its a single issue,
Everyone on that list except for HW Bush, Trump and Biden (as of right now) served two terms
Illustrated: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/mplrjo2mvwq4unpch99ty08xtvneefs.png
Not sure why Obama is on here. He was only 47 at the start of his presidency and hasn’t held any office for a while.
It's a list of presidents in order since HW... so Obama is on the list.
Seriously. The whole lot of them should be out enjoying their time, playing with their great grand kids. Why they would even want to stay is beyond me (unless they’ve been enjoying themselves this whole time which is probably the way it is).
The worst part is it shows a failure to pass on the right skills because they don’t trust the next generation to lead.
Because power and control are a hellova drug and they can't control their grandkids like they can yours and my grandkids to suffer for exchanged obedience from the parents.. its messed up