Leeza Kurtz on Age cap for presidents?
Leeza Kurtz
Age cap for presidents?
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- 0:00 I also have a lot of thoughts on this topic, and I think it's pretty nuanced and it can be pretty sensitive because you know, just saying that there's an age cap on the president raises concerns on if there should be age caps in other positions and other jobs, and you know, to some extent that can be kind of discriminatory towards older people who still need to make money and provide for themselves and their families.
- 0:29 But you're absolutely right because at the role of president, you have so much power over the entire country and every single person in the country, and when there's genuine like cognitive damage that we know through research and science and medical history that comes with age, is it really okay to put someone at that age in charge of our entire nation?
- 0:58 And my answer to that is no, but also like I mentioned earlier, there's a lot of concerns with you know just putting an age gap an age cap and saying no one over this age can run for president because then that might translate to other fields and other positions and other occupations, and that could get messy and start to hurt older people, although with our current system, people above 65 are able to start pulling from um from social security, but you know, obviously not everyone can fund themselves completely through that.
- 1:43 But I don't know, it's a it's obviously a nuanced situation, and there's a lot of issues with saying yes to this.
- 1:54 Yes, we need to stop letting people above a certain age run for president.
- 1:59 But in my opinion, that is what needs to be done, especially with the most recent couple of elections.
- 2:06 It just seems to be like we need a younger, more concise speaking president to gain trust and confidence in the population.