Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.

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    1 year ago

    What’s not democratic, that’s how important your personal wealth is for financing your election campaign in the US. And personal wealth tends to accumulate as a person ages. Other countries have laws in place to mitigate this problem and allow for an even democratic battleground for the non-rich.

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      There is wealth in many age groups mind you. Different issue. Not sure how to fix that but for the most part, that wealth is not directly used. Generally by the time they are entering politics, they have gained a great deal of influence. Their wealth certainly factors for that. But how do you create a system that puts everyone on an equal level? How do you for example ensure Trump’s fame prior to entering politics does not give him an advantage? And in his case it did not have anything to do with wealth.