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Time for New & Younger Politicians

On June 27, 1905, Father Hegarty’s preamble to the International Workers of the World constitution opens with this sentence: “The Working class and the employing class have nothing in common.”
So why are the old Democrats so worried about old guard Democrats so worried about taxing the billionaires? There is always another billionaire to replace one if should one move on from buying votes. The average fortune of the billionaire class is $5.3 billions an increase from $200 million in 2024. Social Justice is not possible without leveling the colossal accumulation of wealth and power that makes a mockery of the idea that we live in a democracy. The workers and unions must declare a class war and fight for what we want and need: good union jobs, four-day work weeks, good pensions, vacation time, healthcare for all with no out of pocket costs, elder care, free education up to an associates degree. The corporations we work for are the ones who benefit the most because they get better and healthier workers. This is not a wish list but affordable if the billionaires paid their fair share of taxes like the rest of us. If they want a world to enjoy their billions with clean air and water, and healthy communities, they need to start paying up. Maybe it’s time for another party of the 99 percenters willing to fight for the working and lower classes and retirees. The two-party system has lost its way and left the working class and poor in the dust. It’s time for a change. We’re not looking for a war to stimulate the economy and kill off our military members. We want and need politicians on both sides to fight for the average person and not the rich and corporations. We can’t get the changes this country desperately needs when we have so many geriatric members sitting in the Congress and the Senate, who don’t or won’t fight hard enough for what’s right. Maybe time's time for some new and younger members. List of our elderly elected officials. 91-year-old Chuck Grassley (R) 88-year-old Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) 87-year-old Hal Rogers (R) 87-year-old Grace F. Napolitano (D) 86-year-old Maxine Waters (D) 85-year-old Steny Hoyer (D) 85-year-old Nancy Pelosi (D) 84-year-old Jim Clyburn (D) 83-year-old Bernie Sanders (I) He’s still out there fighting for us. 83-year-old Mitch McConnell (R) 83-year-old Danny Davis (D) 83-year-old John Carter (R) 82-year-old Frederica Wilson (D) 82-year-old James Risch (R) 82-year-old Rosa DeLauro (R) 81-year-old Virginia Foxx (R) 81-year-old Chuck Shuman (D) 80-year-old Dick Durbin (D) 79-year-old Richard Blumenthal (D) 78-year-old Ed Markey (D) 78-year-old Jeanne Sheen (D) 77-year-old Mazie Hirono (D) Four elderly members died while in office, their ages ranged from 70 years old to 77 years.
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