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treestar

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55. Health care was not advanced as now
Thu Aug 31, 2023, 10:57 AM
Aug 2023

So it had less effect than it would now. Much less. The rich of that century had access to very little.

It was the infants and children. Jefferson and his wife lost children. It was a sad tragedy that affected many couples. Medicine can save children now but back then they died. Thus lowering life expectancy.

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It would require a constitutional amendment tritsofme Aug 2023 #1
I know you're right BlueKota Aug 2023 #3
Good point about age 35 to qualify leftstreet Aug 2023 #2
I could never understand why the founders only picked BlueKota Aug 2023 #5
Well life expectancy was less than 50ish leftstreet Aug 2023 #7
It wasn't treestar Aug 2023 #34
Rich people always tend to live longer leftstreet Aug 2023 #36
Health care was not advanced as now treestar Aug 2023 #55
As you said, there are minimum age requirements. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2023 #4
Disagree on the age requirement. Agree on the psychological assessment tulipsandroses Aug 2023 #6
Maybe grandfather current group, but starting 2025, the max age goes into affect for new politicians jimfields33 Aug 2023 #8
Maybe 70-75. Most people at 65 are very capable of doing the non-physical work... brush Aug 2023 #9
Those are good examples. BlueKota Aug 2023 #15
That I agree with. brush Aug 2023 #16
That would be a tough battle considering Jerry2144 Aug 2023 #11
That's true about Thompson and Warren. BlueKota Aug 2023 #13
I am totally against this. I would be for term limits tulipsandroses Aug 2023 #10
As I said in some above replies I might be BlueKota Aug 2023 #19
Require a physical and psychological assessment tulipsandroses Aug 2023 #22
That would be good BlueKota Aug 2023 #23
Ridiculous, age begets wisdom and experience. Joe Biden brings both in abundance. bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #12
My point about the psychiatric exam was BlueKota Aug 2023 #17
Agreed... TSExile Aug 2023 #18
But who decides how this "psychiatric exam" is administered? tinrobot Aug 2023 #39
Well the Cognitive test is simply pass or fail. BlueKota Aug 2023 #40
NO. Not just NO. Make it FUCK NO Stinky The Clown Aug 2023 #14
Maybe it's not the answer BlueKota Aug 2023 #20
What do we do about them? How about nothing apart from voting. Stinky The Clown Aug 2023 #24
Agreed. onenote Aug 2023 #44
We Limit Airline Pilots NowISeetheLight Aug 2023 #21
How about these people kwolf68 Aug 2023 #25
I agree with that BlueKota Aug 2023 #27
The voters have the power to make the decision someone is too old or otherwise incapable. onenote Aug 2023 #45
I want lie detectors and fast test kits for drugs made available for testing anyone in congress! Brainfodder Aug 2023 #26
Good ideas BlueKota Aug 2023 #28
What the point of "serious discussion" without the ability to change the Constitution? brooklynite Aug 2023 #29
Well, that obviously needs to be part of the discussion leftstreet Aug 2023 #32
Allow me to bore you to tears with an extract of the US Constitution brooklynite Aug 2023 #30
We have made ammendments to the Constitution before BlueKota Aug 2023 #31
Oh please treestar Aug 2023 #33
The thing is though he's not just Kentucky's problem. BlueKota Aug 2023 #35
The test is the voters treestar Aug 2023 #56
Putting in arbitrary age limits does nothing but limit our choices. tinrobot Aug 2023 #37
I agree that Biden is doing wonderful, BlueKota Aug 2023 #42
How about start with the voters rather than the candidates? tinrobot Aug 2023 #52
I love your idea about making reforms to the debate process BlueKota Aug 2023 #54
Two of the most important discoveries in the science with which I work, were discovered by old... NNadir Aug 2023 #38
By far the best President in the last 80 years Johnny2X2X Aug 2023 #41
I already acknowledged I was wrong about the age limit BlueKota Aug 2023 #51
It won't be needed when a fascist dictator takes over. nt Hotler Aug 2023 #43
How would it work. Would someone elected at 64 have to resign a year later? onenote Aug 2023 #46
See my response below BlueKota Aug 2023 #49
I surrender Age limits are a bad idea BlueKota Aug 2023 #47
By your standards, do you really feel as qualified as Hortensis Aug 2023 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author BlueKota Aug 2023 #50
We'll be more likely to build a hospice wing of Congress than to get age limits inwiththenew Aug 2023 #53
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