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Raven123

(7,821 posts)
55. Wrong question
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 01:52 AM
Dec 2024

If two people apply for a job, and one has a serious medical condition that will limit their ability to perform their responsibilities, which one would you hire?

Esophageal cancer is very difficult to treat, the recovery is difficult and the prognosis is often poor. I have personally known 2 people, both of whom died. It is brutal.

The job requires a lot of time and effort. It is very reasonable to believe he is not our best option

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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
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