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I completely agree. They are career politicians and both completely out touch. There are 79 members of the US Congress who have been there for at least 20 years
by bogomipz 9y ago
I completely agree. They are career politicians and both completely out touch. There are 79 members of the US Congress who have been there for at least 20 years[1]
And if they weren't enough, the age average of them is fairly close to retirement age:
"The average age of Members of the House at the beginning of the 114th Congress was 57.0 years; of Senators, 61.0 years."[2]
[1] https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-18/79-members-congress-have-been-office-least-20-years https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-18/79-members-congres...
[2] https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43869.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43869.pdf