Words & Numbers

Episode 338: Age, Ability, and Incumbency

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The Constitution sets lower age limits for members of Congress and the President, but sets no upper limits. Before modern medicine, this wasn’t as much of a problem as people’s bodies tended not to outlive their minds. Today, it’s becoming a problem. Foolishness of the week: 05:30 Main episode: 09:35 Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now! http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com See More Ant and James! http://www.wordsandnumbers.org Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers Topic of the Week https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_who_did_not_win_reelection https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Attenuated_Democracy_(Hubert)/08%3A_Electoral_Politics_and_Public_Opinion/8.07%3A_Chapter_55-_The_Advantages_of_Incumbency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_age https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TR/2012/lr5a4.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-confus