Maximum age for elected office? Please Schumer retire!

Chuck Schumer of NY is 75 years old. Early retirement is 62, full social security at 66, & At age 70 maximum retirement payout is acheived Therfore Schumer is 5 years over & will receive maximum payout Thirteen years and 6.5 senate terns above the earliest retirement age of 62.
I believe strongly representatives should not be allowed to run for elected offices when more than 1 terms (thus 6 years for the house 4 years for a president & 2 years for the senate) over the age when maximum payout can be received ; age 70, Exmple senate term is 2 years so 1 term over retirement age is 72 Schumer must be disqualified from running for any future political office in the Senate as of age 72. And possibly ousted NOW!

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Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

So what why should he retire just because it’s the right thing to do if he still capable of working why not him keep working

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 it should be a universal rule. In Schumers case im seeing him being very loyal to isreal and not particularly interested in Anerican preservation. Im hearing concerns about his mental fortitude and old world perspecrive. He has plenty of money and is taking a job the next generation needs in order to raise children. Not just him though it should be government wide.
Sxhumer is one ecample Trump is an even better exanple! hell more thsn half of our elected officials need to be forced to retire.

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86
Google says,

Nearly 20% of House and Senate members are 70 or older, while only about 6% are under 40.

Senate Data: The median age in the Senate is nearly 65, with 49 members at least that old.

Oldest Members: As of early 2026, 24 members are 80 or older.
Trend: The number of members 70 or older is at a record high, marking a trend of an aging Congress over the past 30 years.

Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

@jehova it’s not a universal rule it’s a made up rule just because google says it doesn’t mean it should exist

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 it ISNT a rule, that is the PROBLEM; those are the facts of current age distribution in congress. I think it SHOULD be a RULE.

Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

@jehova no it shouldn’t be a rule my mum is 71 she is more than capable to work, but she doesn’t

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 and the world has changed should the next generation of parents mostly age 27 to 45 struggle to make life work while those systems age out with the generation 65+, that should be retired, are refusing to hand over the reins.
Working at telegraph pace in a society that’s operating at satellite speed we need change. I’m not saying eliminate everyone older than that age I’m suggesting transitioning their knowledge and wisdom to the next generation as they adapt the system to the new millennium.
An update not an erasure

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 should a 71 year old be unwilling to leave and forcefully holding onto the job the next generation has prepared for their entire life?

Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

@jehova I don’t think a 71 year old can stop an 20 year old stop them from getting a start in life in fact it’s because of the 71 year old that 20 year old is getting a chance to start

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 originally my objection is against an 85 year old you brought up 71 so I used that number there should be term and age limits for elected office there are age minimums 35 for president but you are against age restriction? Maximums?

Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

@jehova my grandpa worked till they he died he died of cancer that’s what stopped him from working because he had too , he was like 99/100 when he stopped working and died

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 was he working as a political? Did he win more than 50% of the vote to be elected? Did he do his job by the book? If any of those are true that’s great none are true of our current president.

Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

@jehova no he worked as a security guard at a Pepsi factory in Iran

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 okay he trained and prepared the next set of workers he did his job he didn’t cover up mistakes? He fixed them.

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 politicals are making things worse

Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

@jehova I didn’t know my grandfather I just know from word of mouth about him

jehova · 36-40, M

@Monalisasmith86 the word sounds good that’s great. The word of mouth regarding all these post-retirement politicians NOW are not good