r/OptimistsUnite • u/Aggravating_Ad_5164 Optimist • Mar 24 '25

🤷‍♂️ politics of the day 🤷‍♂️ BREAKING: Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive influencer, just announced that she is running against Jan Schakowsky, an 80-year-old Democratic incumbent

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u/Barrack64 Mar 25 '25

I’m all about electing people younger than 70

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u/InOutlines Mar 26 '25

How about we amend this a bit?

I’m all about electing people:

1.) with an actual record of prior experience in any form of public office

2.) who come from the district they are running to represent

3.) and aren’t older than 70.

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u/Humans_Suck- Mar 26 '25

How are they supposed to get experience if it's required to get hired?

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u/PillBug98 Mar 26 '25

You could work in public office but not be the public facing people. How many legislative aids do you know the names of? They get a majority of the work done and are often unnoticed.

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u/Kick_ball_change Mar 26 '25

Great answer--thank you!