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Very few young people have the privilege to afford campaigning. It makes sense most people able to do so are old enough to have the savings, skills or passive
by edgyquant 3y ago
Very few young people have the privilege to afford campaigning. It makes sense most people able to do so are old enough to have the savings, skills or passive income that allows them the freedom to hit the campaign trail.
- jfengel 3y agoWhich is yet more reason to give us something to put a thumb on the younger side of the scale. An age limit would be a crude form of that. So would a term limit. We could alter the seniority system that gives much more weight to people who have been there the longest. But that's a rule Congress passes for itself, and it's hard to imagine many incumbents giving up on a privilege they've been waiting for.