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Don't agree with that. FDR tried to pull that sh**. Un-American.
I'd like to see a cap on age. And more than just judges. I think candidates in general for any office should have a cap of 50-55 years old.
Don't agree with that. FDR tried to pull that sh**. Un-American.
What's unamerican about it? We have a floor for age too. None of these old dinosaurs understand the need to legislate on.
There's no age ceiling anywhere in government.
People who are too old to perform should have some dignity and step down.
And if they don't, then the party who nominated them should pay a price for their sh** judgment.
People may take note that Miss Ginsburg was a Democrat goldbrick.
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Furthermore, FDR was trying to put the age limit to create quick turnover to get his judges in quicker. Devious sh**.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, FDR was the worst president in US history and as close as the US has had in its history to having full-on dictatorship from the executive branch.
Hundred percent agree. Dude was a full-on communist. I wish there were more good books on this.
In spite of Watergate Nixon was a fantastic president. Kennedy was good in limited time because he made the proper decision to not nuke Cuba while his brother tried to get him to do it anyway. LBJ was also one of the worst. The Bushes and Obama were bad, as was Reagan. Slick Willy was more of a perv than a bad president. Ford and Carter were both weak and terrible on the economy. Eisenhower was solid, in the Mike Pence mold. Truman was perhaps the GOAT Democrat. Wilson was a mixed bag; OK because of his war policies, but terrible for establishing the IRS and the federal income tax.
For you I'd recommend John T. Flynn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Flynn
Truth bomb.
By 1936, Flynn had publicly broken with Roosevelt. He was already drawing comparisons between the centralist features of the New Deal on the one hand, and Benito Mussolini's policies on the other: "We seem [he wrote] to be not a long way off from the kind of Fascism which Mussolini preached in Italy before he assumed power; and we are steadily approaching the conditions which made Fascism possible."
The bolded is a ship that has salied long ago. We've had to put up with extremely old and incoherent people on both sides of the aisle for too long.
So mandate it, same rules for both parties.
Plus, you prefer term limits because you also want turnover... same .
I had a feeling you'd like him.
Biden Lies to Pennsylvania About His Fracking Ban
Harris lied tonight
https://youtu.be/digRNl-tmKI
Capping age on Supreme Court won't fix the real issues like getting lobbyists out of politics.
In fact, it could even push away older people with more years of insight.
You have a twenty-five year cap, then try to nominate people under 50. Simple.
This dude is John McCain II. He doesn't understand how new tech easily exposes him.
Why would you cap at 50-55 years old - that's so young. Everyone is living longer now. Even the athletes are playing much longer - there used to be a time when male tennis players retired at 30 - Sampras, Becker, Courier, Edberg, Chang. Now Federer is playing at 39. Same with bball players - all playing longer. Vince even made it 43.
He has a huge anti-boomer bias.
Biden reaffirmed his commitment to broad student loan forgiveness at a town hall in Miami on Tuesday.
In response to a question from a young person concerned about student loan debt and a lack of economic opportunity, Biden responded, “You get all these degrees and you get all this debt, and you get in a position where you can’t get a job because no one is hiring, or they’re hiring at very low wages... I’m going to eliminate your student debt if you come from a family [making less] than $125,000 and went to a public university.” Biden also said, “I’m going to make sure everyone gets $10,000 knocked off of their student debt” in response to economic hardships caused by the pandemic.
Biden further proposed giving young people a $15,000 credit towards a downpayment on their first home. “This is how people ac ulate wealth,” he said. “This is how people get started. We have to recognize you and advance you. You are the future.”
Biden, who had initially been hesitant to endorse broad cancellation of student loan debt, has embraced more dramatic steps to alleviate the burden of student loan debt in the wake of the pandemic and recent racial justice protests. The volume of student loan debt has grown enormously over the course of the past 10 years, from around $830 billion in 2010 to at least $1.6 trillion last year. Student loan debt is now the largest form of consumer debt carried by Americans, aside from mortgages. There is more outstanding student loan debt then there is credit card debt or auto loans. Over 40 millions Americans have student loans. At least 70% of college graduates leave school in debt. College students were graduating with an average of $30,000 in student loans in 2013, but only three years later, that figure had jumped to $37,000.
Meanwhile, the ability of student loan borrowers to repay their loans has flatlined. At least one in four student loan borrowers are delinquent, in default, or otherwise unable to pay their loans due to low income or economic hardship. Student loan borrowers continue to struggle financially while putting off savings, retirement, and major life decisions like buying a home. The coronavirus and associated recession have only magnified these financial difficulties for student loan borrowers.
Under his plan, Biden would forgive all undergraduate federal student loan debt for borrowers with annual incomes under $125,000 who attended public colleges and universities, as well as historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and private minority-serving ins utions (MSIs). Biden also supports $10,000 in across-the-board student loan forgiveness for all borrowers as an economic stimulus in response to the recession. He has also expressed support for Senator Warren’s proposal to amend the bankruptcy code to allow student loan debt to be more easily discharged in bankruptcy.
Biden also supports debt-free college initiatives for community colleges and public universities that are similar to plans previously offered by Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Biden has also supported cracking down on the for-profit college industry and strengthening the relief available to borrowers harmed by these schools. His running mate, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), has also been a critic of for-profit colleges, and she helped take down a predatory national for-profit college chain while she was Attorney General of California.
In September, Senator Warren and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced a Senate resolution calling on the next President to exercise executive authority to bypass Congress and cancel $50,000 in student loan debt for all borrowers. The Biden campaign has not formally responded to the resolution, but he has reportedly indicated that, if elected, he could exercise his executive authority. He did not mention the Senate resolution during his comments at Tuesday’s town hall.
“There is only one candidate who will take the steps needed to eliminate tuition and student loan debt— Vice President Joe Biden,” said Max Lubin, Co-Founder and CEO of Rise and Natalia Abrams, Founder & Executive Director of Student Debt Crisis, two organizations advocating for broad student loan forgiveness. Both organizations have endorsed Biden.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adammin.../#20d60ea458a7
So if I went to University of Minnesota, he could be forgiving my $115k student debt? Crazy
You can't be for Citizen's United and getting lobbyists out of politics. Pick one. Lobbyists don't work for free, they get paid a good chunk. You don't want lobbyists, then get money out of politics.
But that's a completely different argument.
If you want turnover so people don't get enamored with their position of power, then you need term limits, or an age cap.
I'm not against term limits, but I do think while turnover should be fair game in Congress, for judges it's a little more complicated. It takes time to migrate into that position and learn the ins and outs.
IMO, experience counts there, and I rather see an age cap in that situation.
What's crazy about it? It's not like the government isn't already backstopping that loan.
Repugs packed the Federal (200+ Trash judges, denied to Obama) and SCOTUS courts, rightwingnutjobs, right wing hate media silence.
A rumor that Dems MIGHT be open to "packing back", rightwingnutjobs, right wing hate media ENRAGED
They'll make up a fake poll for anything.
I didn’t watch. Can you explain this video?
No offense, but what a dumb ideaThe average voter is older than that almost
No offense taken, but why? We're retiring people at what, 65, 66?No offense, but what a dumb idea
This country became a services economy a long time ago. We thrive on technology, IP, advances in science. Even the military has way more tech now than perhaps ever before.
Do you really want these dinosaurs legislating on that? This is also why they get so easily conned by lobbyists all the time (besides campaign money), they have no idea what they're writing law about.
I doubt Biden knows anything about the internet beyond "its a series of interconnected tubes", and Trump does any better ("it's the thing on my phone that let's me tweet").
Pelosi is 80 years old. Mitch 78. All these people are way past their expiration time.
Idk about 50-55 years old but I agree with an age limit. This country is in the middle of a crisis where people can’t get enough to eat while 87 year old Chuck Grassley is tweeting about pigeons, dead deers and his farm growing corn.
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