Q: “If Democrats do retain the House, do you plan to seek another term as Speaker? Why or why not?”
C-SPAN @SpeakerPelosi: “Look, right now my focus is on holding the House…First we win, then we decide.”
In 2018 we were told Pelosi would step aside and a new one elected in 4 years. Is that no longer the case? It’s an insult to younger generations if she even suggests contemplating another term. Politicians around the globe should learn when to step aside.
How America’s gerontocracy is weakening democracy
THE OLDEST GOVERNMENT IN U.S. HISTORY HAS TO GO
“Older is wiser”
Older is actually just demented not wiser and still there making the money because there are no limits.
Gerontocracy is a large part of the divisions in the country.
Not Ageist really because valid points are made.
No lifetime judgeships, including on the Supreme Court.
Term limits on the Supreme Court.
Oligarchy means a government in which power is held by a select few individuals or a small class of powerful people.
This can mean that these few people are the actual leaders, or that they influence or control the decisions that the leaders make.
Revolving Doors “a revolving door that shuffles former federal employees into jobs as lobbyists, consultants and strategists just as the door pulls former hired guns into government careers” Although the influence powerhouses that line Washington’s K Street are just a few miles from the U.S. Capitol building, the most direct path between the two doesn’t necessarily involve public transportation. Instead, it’s through a door—a revolving door that shuffles former federal employees into jobs as lobbyists, consultants and strategists just as the door pulls former hired guns into government careers.
The same folks who caused the inflation in the 70’s with spending are STILL our elected leaders…..
America’s gerontocracy is disconnecting Congress from the rest of the country, an Insider data analysis reveals. America’s march toward gerontocracy through the lenses of power, incumbency, money, redistricting, and ego. We assess what it means for a youthful nation to be led by leaders who have already lived most of their years.
WE WANT TERM LIMITS
The age of the Cabinet has remained fairly steady over the past several decades. But for the past several years, the president has been significantly older than the average member of his Cabinet.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gerontocracy-united-states-congress-red-white-and-gray-data-charts-2022-9
Today, about a quarter of Congress is over the age of 70, the highest percentage ever. At the same time, while half the country is aged 38 or younger, just 5% of Congress can say the same. It wasn’t just that the oldest members of Congress were getting older. Even the younger members of Congress were, on balance, getting older — driving up the average age of a member of Congress past 60.
How America’s gerontocracy is weakening democracy
America’s leaders are old and getting older. And across Congress, the judiciary, and the executive branch, government is becoming less and less reflective of the youthful society it represents. Insider’s “Red, White, and Gray” investigation explores the costs, benefits, and dangers of aging leaders running the US, and the true problem of a gerontocracy.
Issues of profound importance to the nation’s youth and future — technology, civil rights, energy, the environment — are largely in the hands of those whose primes have passed.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gerontocracy-united-states-government-red-white-gray-2022-9
How the mind of an 80-year-old president is biologically different from a 45-year-old president’s
Reagan publicly announced he had Alzheimer’s disease five years after he left the White House. Anecdotes aside, historians haven’t found evidence Reagan had dementia during his presidency that would have affected his ability to make decisions. In 2017, Trump surpassed Reagan as the oldest president at the time elected, at age 70. Donald Trump single handedly lowered the age of the federal judiciary by two years during his administration. For the first time ever in 2020 the Congress was older than the federal judiciary, based on median age. That sharp increase means that today, Congress is uniquely unrepresentative of the country. Today, about a quarter of Congress is over the age of 70, the highest percentage ever. At the same time, while half the country is aged 38 or younger, just 5 percent of Congress can say the same.
The age of the federal judiciary also fluctuates based on which party is in power, as generations of judges retire during the terms of their preferred party. The actual age of the federal judiciary is older than just “active” judges. In the 1960s, the median age of Congress was 53.7, and it stayed flat for three decades. However, from 1990 to 2020, had jumped seven years from 53.4 to 60.7 years.
How Private Equity Looted America
Inside the industry that has ransacked the US economy—and upended the lives of working people everywhere.
How Private Equity Looted America
THIS IS HOW WE GOT HERE!
4 companies control 90% of the US #babyformula market
4 companies control 85% of US beef
4 companies control 80% of US soy
3 companies control 72% of US cereal
Greed and price gouging are the problem, oversight and competition the answer.
Ban the Fillabuster NOW!
How Private Equity Looted America
Inside the industry that has ransacked the US economy—and upended the lives of working people everywhere.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/05/private-equity-apollo-blackstone-kkr-carlyle-carried-interest-loophole/
Mungeer said that every time the 9/11 anniversary arrives, “it seems more and more distant.” A lot of current troopers are from a completely different generation and didn’t experience anything close to what Mungeer witnessed firsthand.
Rather, the 9/11 attacks were something most of them learned about in school.
“I think only 10% of my membership of active troopers right now were even on the job when the attacks happened,” Mungeer said.
Robert Reich @RBReich
Corporate greed is a 92 YEARS OLD Warren Buffet-owned railway refusing to provide workers with sick leave despite the company reporting a net income of nearly $6,000,000,000.
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