CNN —Most people don’t want to work into their 80s and 90s, but the powerful in Washington refuse to let go.
“Anybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they’re misguided,” she told Elle in 2014.
Nikki Haley got some early attention for her presidential campaign when she suggested a mental competency test for politicians over 75.
What voters like most of all is what they knowThe most powerful force in American politics isn’t age or ideas, but rather incumbency.
Everyone may have to work longer in the futureAmerican life expectancy, despite advances in medical care, was 77.4 in 2020.
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