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In reply to the discussion: The People Who Run This Country Are All Too Damn Old [View all]Bucky
(54,252 posts)There's also something to be said for getting fresh blood in congress. There's also something to be said for having more young Representatives for the people.
I don't dismiss experience. But a calcified Congress locked in place by a seniority system constantly engineering their own re-election through gerrymandering and lobbying donations and anonymous super-pacs is leaving us with an old Congress full of Representatives who are more brand names--propped up by professional staffers who mix with, aspire to be, and work mostly for the elites is keeping the system corrupt and unpopular.
And this results in an anti-responsibility prone Republican party winning a disproportional number of elections. The framers of the Constitution spoke highly in favor of the need for rotation office, although they did not build it into their system. Nothing proves their point stronger than the corruption and legalized bribery that goes on with this Congress full of 95% re-elected cronies
To be absolutely clear, I don't say aging is the cause of this problem. But it is a clear symptom of that calcification of power in Washington.