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Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid would no longer exist. Nor would the Clean Water Act or the Clean Air Act. The ACA would have expired two years ago, too

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid would no longer exist. Nor would the Clean Water Act or the Clean Air Act. The ACA would have expired two years ago, too. I think this is a scam in the same way that pushes for term limits for politicians are a total scam: https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/10/18/13323842/trump-term-limits https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/10/18/13323842/trump-term... (and I say this as someone who is appalled by the fact that the average age of a US Senator is essentially at the retirement age.)

sieabahlpark 4y ago
mschuster91 4y ago
> I think this is a scam in the same way that pushes for term limits for politicians are a total scam: https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/10/18/13323842/trump-term https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/10/18/13323842/trump-term... There are problems with term limits, indeed... but is the alternative really to keep the status quo and have essentially a generation of wealthy gerontocrats in power who are completely disconnected from the reality of life for many of their constituents, not to mention who are fucking over the planet? Politics needs continuous supply of fresh blood, people who grew up with computers and no fossils unable to read e-mails that aren't printed out by aides for them. And of young people who have realized that it is no longer possible to join a company at 16 for an apprenticeship and leave it for pension at 65, or that a single earner can no longer afford a comfortable home. And while we are at it: We need not just term limits, we especially need age caps for politicians and corporate officials. Reach pension age and you're irrevocably out. Here in Germany, old buffoons at the helm of companies who refuse to use computers are the single worst issue for the German Mittelstand. Companies that can't adapt because the owner is stuck in 1960 mentally will wither and die eventually - and while I don't care about ignorant owners, I do care about the employees and the loss of economic contributions.
chrismcb 4y ago
Are you saying they wouldn't exist because they wouldn't get reapproved? Because that is what you are implying. And term limits are definitely not a scam
chrismcb 4y ago
So your article claims term limits are bad (didn't say they are a scam) because they increase the power of those who are in it for them long haul. And it will weaken Congress (not sure how you can make the weak Congress weaker) and give more power to the executive branch... You know the branch that has term limits.

sieabahlpark 4y ago

mschuster91 4y ago

> I think this is a scam in the same way that pushes for term limits for politicians are a total scam: https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/10/18/13323842/trump-term https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/10/18/13323842/trump-term... There are problems with term limits, indeed... but is the alternative really to keep the status quo and have essentially a generation of wealthy gerontocrats in power who are completely disconnected from the reality of life for many of their constituents, not to mention who are fucking over the planet? Politics needs continuous supply of fresh blood, people who grew up with computers and no fossils unable to read e-mails that aren't printed out by aides for them. And of young people who have realized that it is no longer possible to join a company at 16 for an apprenticeship and leave it for pension at 65, or that a single earner can no longer afford a comfortable home. And while we are at it: We need not just term limits, we especially need age caps for politicians and corporate officials. Reach pension age and you're irrevocably out. Here in Germany, old buffoons at the helm of companies who refuse to use computers are the single worst issue for the German Mittelstand. Companies that can't adapt because the owner is stuck in 1960 mentally will wither and die eventually - and while I don't care about ignorant owners, I do care about the employees and the loss of economic contributions.

chrismcb 4y ago

Are you saying they wouldn't exist because they wouldn't get reapproved? Because that is what you are implying. And term limits are definitely not a scam

chrismcb 4y ago

So your article claims term limits are bad (didn't say they are a scam) because they increase the power of those who are in it for them long haul. And it will weaken Congress (not sure how you can make the weak Congress weaker) and give more power to the executive branch... You know the branch that has term limits.