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2. It's a sweet job!

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 08:51 AM

Aug 2025

They’re old, powerful and still relevant! Most retirees can’t have those last two things.
So we can only expect them to retire to the graveyard.

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Forget Retirement: Older Lawmakers Want to Stay in Congress [View all] Celerity Aug 2025 OP

Securities ain't gonna insider trade themselves. n/t flvegan Aug 2025 #1

It's a sweet job! Omnipresent Aug 2025 #2

Power is a serious drug genxlib Aug 2025 #3

Retirement for these elder statespersons... LaRaven Aug 2025 #4

Perhaps they lack generosity of spirit BeyondGeography Aug 2025 #5

Welll, Dukes and Duchesses don't retire! leftstreet Aug 2025 #6