YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMitch McConnell faces resign calls over freeze: "Cognitive malfunction"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1832arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1812arrow-down1external-linkMitch McConnell faces resign calls over freeze: "Cognitive malfunction"www.newsweek.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square228fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNeato@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down6·1 year agoIt’s illegal to discriminate based on older age. This sounds like whataboutism. Always expect someone to bring it back to attack Biden.
minus-squareThatpilotguy89@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoIf congress can enforce a mandatory retirement age for airline pilots, they can have a mandatory retirement age for anything. Unfortunately, the people making the rules dont want to put themselves out of a job…
minus-squareghariksforge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIs it discrimination to say “this person no longer has the cognitive capacity to do this job” ?
minus-squareTheRedSpade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot to mention that people who won’t be around to see the consequences of new laws shouldn’t be making them.
It’s illegal to discriminate based on older age. This sounds like whataboutism. Always expect someone to bring it back to attack Biden.
If congress can enforce a mandatory retirement age for airline pilots, they can have a mandatory retirement age for anything.
Unfortunately, the people making the rules dont want to put themselves out of a job…
Is it discrimination to say “this person no longer has the cognitive capacity to do this job” ?
Not to mention that people who won’t be around to see the consequences of new laws shouldn’t be making them.