I won’t repost his chart… but Steve is right, that most of US political power… tends to age in place. YAWN. No news there. [Yep this is… trivia, in the main.]
His complaining that we are now collectively represented by the oldest group of legislators in the history of the nation, has much more to do with how long people live in the 21st Century… than it does to do with being… decrepit.
In fact, in Lincoln’s time, someone in their late 40s might well be near death — nearly blind, mostly-deaf and starting to show unmistakable signs of dementia.
So — as a group, I am willing to wager, without even looking, that these current Congress-critters are the healthiest group, perhaps excepting when the nation was first formed after the Revolution. Those were many a younger man.
Finally — as I’ve done with some handy software, Steve is in NO POSITION to be calling anyone… “old”.
None of these boys are. That is… at upper left, I was only setting the software ahead five years, guys. Five years, only.
So… it is high time for you all to be… a lil’ more… humble.
You three are almost… out of time. Grin.
Out.
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