Mandatory Retirement

 After watching Mitch McConnell freeze up again the other day, I got to thinking. Rather than term limits, what we need is a mandatory retirement age for our politicians. Now before anyone screams about age discrimination, think about commercial airline pilots. 65 is the mandatory retirement age because there is a justifiable concern for the safety of their passengers. If the FAA, and most of the international bodies in charge of air traffic safety agree, aren't willing to entrust the safety of 300 passengers to a pilot over 65, why in the hell should we entrust the safety of over 300 million citizens to politicians over 65 years of age. Especially when you consider the fact that these geezers aren't going to be around to suffer from the consequences of many of the long-term effects of their policies. More info on the age problem can be found here.

Those old guys need to go and the young ones need to understand the government has no money of its own. It's my money and your money, so stop pissing it away. It wouldn't be a bad idea for them to review the Constitution either. Especially the Bill of Rights.