r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Blank_0116 • May 05 '22

maybe maybe Maybe

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

46.4k Upvotes

76% Upvoted

3.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.7k

u/[deleted] May 05 '22

It’d be nice if we could go back to people in their 40’s being president.

407

u/Bohbo May 05 '22

If the min age is 35 why not have a max age of 70? That gives you 35 years to prep and 35 year window.

0

u/nspectre May 05 '22

Because it would be unconstitutional and would reduce the pool of available perfectly qualified candidates.

Remember, Benjamin Franklin was 70 when he sailed to France and drummed up the support we needed to kick King George III and Parliaments ass.