Dwain Northey (Gen X)

Joe Biden has officially stated that he is running for a 2^nd term as President of the United States. I know there are detractors in the Democratic camp purely based on Joe’s age. Yes, it is true that Joe Biden was born November 20, 1942, that means that he will be 82 years old in 2024. He was born when FDR was President and was elected to the Senate from Delaware when Nixon was in office. These are unavoidable facts that we can’t dispute but is his age a reason to disqualify him from continuing to serve in the role he currently holds. The current constitutional rules have no maximum age on the Presidency only that the office holder has to be 35 years old, and a U.S. citizen so based on that his advanced age does not disqualify him.

Let’s look at the republican current front runner DJT. He was born in June of 1946 so that makes him only 4 years younger than Biden. Although he claims to be an exceptional physical specimen of health, we have all seen his burger eating wide ass riding in a golf cart and know that isn’t the truth. I am biased but I have watched (the Donald) get out of breath walking up a ramp and need assistance going down one. On multiple occasions this manly man have to use two hands to raise a glass to his mouth. His supporters will bring up the fact the Joe fell off his bike, to that I would ask if they have ever seen Donald ride a bike?

The point I am trying to make is that neither party has a Derby winning champion in the stable both are of an advanced age although I would have to put Joe in the category of a healthy octogenarian where Trump fall more into the obese senior citizen group.

If these two are again our choice in 2024 let’s look at the record of accomplishments.

Trump cut corporate tax rates to historic lows, big win for the corporations. Promised huge infrastructure, never happened. Said he had a health care plan better than the ACA, still waiting. Promised to build a wall at the southern border, got roughly 10 miles completed. Ignored the pandemic and killed hundreds of thousands of Americans because of his hubris. Left office with the largest unemployment of any President in history and ballooned the debt trillions of dollars.

Biden has got unemployed to the lowest it has been in history, pass an infrastructure bill with the small margin along party lines. Passed the CHIPs act that will bring tech manufacturing back to the U.S.. Rolled out a hugely successful vaccine to company COVID. Ended a 20-year war in Afghanistan, that wasn’t pretty but was effective and little loss of life. This list could go on, but I think you get the point.

Biden is old that is a fact, but can he do the job? I would have to say resoundingly yes. He knows the system and has proven that he can get things done even with staunch opposition for the right.

But the question was should there be age limits… honestly, I think we should put some boundaries on age in government service for all branches. I think the Supreme Court should have term limits not forever lifetime appointments. With people living longer what should those limits be? I can’t answer that question, but I do think it is time for a generation that wasn’t born during or directly after the last world war to steer the ship. Generation X, Millennials, and Gen Z need to assert our position in the roles of leadership although as a Gen X some of my generation need to keep their mouths shut…I mean you Green, Hawley and Cruz you aren’t fit to serve so crawl back under your rocks.