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Gore1FL

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5. Everyone in the House gets fired every two years.

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Wed Dec 18, 2024, 06:23 PM

Dec 2024

Some are rehired. The analogy doesn't work here.

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So if a company demoted a 74 year old person with cancer in order to promote a person in their 30's what would we say [View all] dsc Dec 2024 OP

an organization where people in love with power refuse to withdraw becomes ossified & will collapse. msongs Dec 2024 #1

Policy is FAR more important than age; why we should place those promoting progressive populism in positions of power... InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2024 #52

If part of the job was public relations and being the face of the company, and RockRaven Dec 2024 #2

If that is how it is supposed to be in the House, why even have Mike 03 Dec 2024 #3

not a corporation jaxxon20 Dec 2024 #4

Everyone in the House gets fired every two years. Gore1FL Dec 2024 #5

Spoiler alert: He doesn't work for a company, he works for the people. BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #6

Spoiler alert: the people elected him over younger opponents by a sizable margin. onenote Dec 2024 #23

Looks like more people here agree with me. BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #37

He wasn't fired. He was rehired in November LeftInTX Dec 2024 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Dec 2024 #8

Most people in the private sector wouldn't doc03 Dec 2024 #9

At 74 he is a politician KT2000 Dec 2024 #10

Our government is not a corporation. It's an Emile Dec 2024 #11

Maybe he's a better fit for the job? dem4decades Dec 2024 #12

I wonder what huge tremendous differences there would be depending on the age of the person doing that job. betsuni Dec 2024 #13

when the work contract I was on was hijacked Skittles Dec 2024 #14

YES! Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #40

If the leadership of a company SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #15

actually she had more of leadership role on that committee when that loss happened dsc Dec 2024 #16

I was talking about party leadership SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #17

Depends on which one was better at the job. Ursus Rex Dec 2024 #18

Not a fan of running the government like a business, myself. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2024 #19

Time will tell Trenzalore Dec 2024 #20

That's not what happened. Iggo Dec 2024 #21

Companies usually don't pile projects onto people about to take sick leave Sympthsical Dec 2024 #22

It's not a job. It's politics. Renew Deal Dec 2024 #24

If the company in question was going under, Crunchy Frog Dec 2024 #25

Were people eager to ditch Jamie Raskin while he was having chemotherapy? But, as to your question... Hekate Dec 2024 #26

How would he be dumped? qazplm135 Dec 2024 #28

You'll have to ask the people who are positing this course of action Hekate Dec 2024 #29

No I'm asking you qazplm135 Dec 2024 #30

Read the thread Hekate Dec 2024 #31

I see qazplm135 Dec 2024 #41

How many millions of people are impacted by the 74 year old at that company? LonePirate Dec 2024 #27

Did this company have the workers vote on the matter? Kaleva Dec 2024 #32

This Ageism directed at younger people needs to stop! Emile Dec 2024 #33

Does Connolly get extra pay for being the ranking member? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2024 #34

I really don't know dsc Dec 2024 #35

Not a dime more, not chairmen/woman or ranking members bottomofthehill Dec 2024 #57

I would say a it's a wise move. A 74 year old man undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy Autumn Dec 2024 #36

This is not a company. themaguffin Dec 2024 #38

I would ask why the 74 year old is still working Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #39

Did you ask that about Joe Biden when he ran in 2020 at age 78? Or Elizabeth Warren when she just ran at age 75? onenote Dec 2024 #42

I don't think people should continue to run for office in their mid to late 70s Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #43

Here we are: Elizabeth Warren, an expert in banking matters, was reelected. onenote Dec 2024 #44

Here we are Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #46

And someone nearly as old as Biden was elected. onenote Dec 2024 #47

Trump shouldn't be President either: he's too old Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #48

Warren was 71 Polybius Dec 2024 #49

Warren was born June 22, 1949. onenote Dec 2024 #50

I thought you said she was 75 when she ran for President Polybius Dec 2024 #54

I think we should treat politicians differently than average workers. Self Esteem Dec 2024 #45

Government is NOT a business! sdfernando Dec 2024 #51

The govt. isn't a company and shouldn't be run that way. These are our representatives and Democrats Pisces Dec 2024 #53

Wrong question Raven123 Dec 2024 #55

We cancelled an 82 year old president, so why not? Hassler Dec 2024 #56

Yep Patton French Dec 2024 #58

A better analogy than "demoted" is if I had two employees that wanted to lead a big project with Nanjeanne Dec 2024 #59