retiring is amazing. It’s the dream. It should be valorized. People who retire are heroes. I wish more of our elected leaders would model the civic virtue of retiring. - ThreadSky

andrew-oneill.bsky.social • 16 days ago

retiring is amazing. It’s the dream. It should be valorized. People who retire are heroes. I wish more of our elected leaders would model the civic virtue of retiring.

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As expected, Dick Durbin retiring. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sen...

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patfeb55.bsky.social•16 days ago

Don't let the door hit you...

bklynnative.bsky.social•16 days ago

He’s only 80, after all.

itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social•16 days ago

Earlier and oftener.

bwierenga.bsky.social•16 days ago

He’s been good for Illinois. Now let’s see who runs for his seat. I have some people I support for it. And Tammy Duckworth will now be the senior senator from Illinois and that’s a good thing.

loubear99.bsky.social•16 days ago

Yippee! New blood hopefully.

pigaficianado.bsky.social•16 days ago

I have voted for Dick Durbin from the moment I arrived in Chicago until I left around 15 years later. I wrote him so much, I should have invited him to my wedding. He’s not skating to the finish line like some other senators. I will miss him.

jedren.bsky.social•16 days ago

most people in this country do not have the finacial resources to retire. Even more so now, because these demented, corrupt, self-interested politicians are helping trump fast forward the elimination of social goods like Social Security, ACA, Medicaid...

heartlesscreatures.bsky.social•16 days ago

Last line from Goodfellas explains why most don't.

avioletriot.bsky.social•16 days ago

I wish all of our elected officials had term limits. ALL OF THEM.

cailis.bsky.social•16 days ago

or retirement age limit of 70/72 then out

avioletriot.bsky.social•16 days ago

8 years total. No one over the age of 62 unless they are willing to forgo their second term.

cailis.bsky.social•16 days ago

I want you to make this happen!! Tho I don't see it as plausible atm, you never know.
NYS court retirement age is 70 but...they can apply for extensions, that has to end imo

avioletriot.bsky.social•16 days ago

Lots of things have to end. I’m working with a lot of local organizations to push some of these things into our local and then state level government. Like single issue bills and allotted term limits. I don’t know how(since it benefits the 1%) but we have to get rid of the electoral college.

cailis.bsky.social•16 days ago

yesss please! EC is a holdover that favors slave states and we can all see how it corrupts our elections

the amount of work to do is endless, and once these magats leave the clean up will be staggering

caricarala.bsky.social•16 days ago

House term is 2 years
Senate term is 6 years

avioletriot.bsky.social•16 days ago

Also those are unlimited terms, as in they can run again. I want them to turn them and burn them like they are going out of style. If somebody has been an elected official for longer than I’ve been alive, what the fuck are they doing for my interests?

avioletriot.bsky.social•16 days ago

Congress has none….

mtatro.bsky.social•16 days ago

The Democratic Gerontocracy is a big reason MAGA got a majority foothold in our government. We should have been grooming our next generation of leaders a decade ago.

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