why is it important to you for them to be young? you only provided a counter argument (wisdom).

I think it’s important for them to be reflecting the will of the people but for better or worse, the people are kind of old.

Congress is much older than the general population.

Older people tend to have shorter term thinking, basically not worrying about what happens after they die soon. Leaves a big mess for younger people to deal with when they are themselves older so they then just push off the problem to the next generation and the vicious cycle continues till everything is bad everywhere.

I just wanted to say, as someone who is now about in the middle of the average lifespan distribution, I find no compelling evidence that leads me to believe that the half of the age range that is older than I am is any wiser than the half of the age range that is younger than I am.

I don't know whether or not there should be bans on elderly politicians, but it would be very, very nice to have a stronger cultural pressure against old people trying to hang on to power so long past their expiration dates.