WRT age of candidates, I don't give one S*** how old someone is as long as they support a progressive agenda. I don't care if they are 25, 45, 65, or 70 as long as they aren't crazy or senile. Policy is more important than age. In fact, age should be basically irrelevant. WRT voting age, if you can be sent off to war and possibly die, you goddamn well should be able to have a drink, smoke a fat one, and vote.
The fact of the matter is that working people have the same interests no matter what their age is. The problem is that people are fooled into thinking false differences are real.
Take social security as an example. Does anyone out there think that a 25 year old person with their career in front of them doesn't want a strong social security system? The contributions may well have to change depending on population growth, but, as workers who will retire someday, it is imperative to maintain that system. Affordable health care, minimum wage, income equity, etc etc are ALL issues that don't relate to age, but, rather, issues as workers who want to live a better life.
The answer? If people want to have affordable energy, we need to nationalize it. A for-profit system will cost more and the facts bear that out. That extends to many, many other sectors of our economy.
