shouldn't there be a basic educational qualification & a retirment age limit 4 politicians/ministers etc too?

Question

shouldn't there be a retirment age limit for politicians/ministers etc too? and the same way shouldn't there be a pre conditon of a basic educational qualification and an exam too to qualify and only then be declared eligible to contest?

Answer 1

Yes. Considering the factor of senile imbecility, we should retire some and on grounds of pure insanity, we should get rid of most. If age is considered for an admission test, be it education or military service, it should be considered even for retirement. I wonder why they have not done it so far. Maybe, it is because when a one is old, one repents for his past sins and does something good to the people who they cheated all their lives. So these politicians are given a chance to give back atleast a bit of what they have taken all along.

A supreme court jugde retires at 65.
An employee at 58 - 60.
Because human being can not function efficiently as he/she grows old. As poticians are not human beings any longer, this rule does not apply to them.

Answer 2

I completely agree with you on testing.

Call it the "No Politician Left Behind Act". We test our students annually to ensure their performance and issue grades to the schools, we could do the same for the political parties.

If Bush had been given a foreign affairs test in 2000, or asked to define "sovereign nation", he would not have been eligible to run.

OK, now all you have to do is convince these politicians to pass the laws that might render them ineligible to remain in their job. Get them to do term limits, ethics reform etc. while you are at it.

Term limits would be more fair and probably more acceptable than mandatory retirement.

Answer 3

Not necessary....If we are enough educated then we can select/vote the best person at the time of casting the vote.....

If the culprits like illiteracy and poverty are removed from the nation then retirement age limit for politicians/ministers doesn't exist

Answer 4

Yes! politicians should be licenses like other professionals. Requiring physical and mental exam every 4 years.

Bush would not be President if the law existed.....

Answer 5

That would be lumping people into groups rather than allowing individualism.

Remember, America's best people are not running the country, they're running very successful companies.

Answer 6

Lucky for us our politicians usually depend on advisors who actually are educated and must be skilled and competitive to be promoted into advisory positions rather than being elected.

Answer 7

if it was so they wud not b called politicians,they wud be called statesmen. we wud run out of leaders if we imposed these rules plus the average,educated citizen doesnt want politics.mayB in the future sumtime this wud B practical

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

Yep.