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RE: John McCain: Planning funeral still not retiring ???
Its annoying how politics all over the world is. Our leaders want to perpetually be at the helm of affairs. Whenever they leave the office, they hand over to their minions. Its annoying.
In my country Nigeria, my President is about 75 years old.
What the hell is a grandpa doing there?
Is there a scarcity of qualified younger ones?
Certainly not. What we have here is just recycling of leaders, since independence.
Appalling!
Term limits are the only answer.
Nigeria is not so different from the USA in that regard.
Term limit is good, but it should be coupled with age restrictions
Age appears to be a bigger issue then it is because there are no term limits plus they are allowed to continue as a Senator no matter how bad their health is and how it impacts their ability to do their jobs. There are rumors of Alzheimer's medication being delivered up there as an example.
But people should not be blocked simply based on age - it is important all segments of the population have the ability to represent us.
Ok. I get your point. But what worries me is the fact that in my country, since I was little there has been this popular saying that
How then can we lead when 70 and 80 years old people still control the polity?
I agree - it is a huge problem
Yeah. It really is