The last year of Biden’s admin and the meme was that his cognitive reasoning was shot because of his declining age…..and now with a new  old fart in charge the same meme is being leveled at him as well….and then there are some of the folks in Congress that do not impress me as having all their faculties about them…..so what can be done about this reoccurring situation?

Cognitive testing.

As I stated in the title….I think that this is a helluva idea……but does it go far enough?

There is a bill now that addresses this situation.

The United States is changing fast. Lawmakers are being forced to grapple not just with timeless questions of governance, but often with novel and rapidly-changing policy issues ranging from cryptocurrency regulation to tech monopolies to app-based labor.

That quickly shifting landscape has some doubting whether the country’s aging lawmakers are up for the increasingly complicated task. The issue is stark, with a larger percentage of Congress over the age of 70 than ever before, and a long string of incidents causing constituents to question whether their elected officials are suffering cognitive decline in office.

In response, one House democrat is proposing what Axios calls a “radical solution” to those concerns: mental fitness exams for lawmakers.

The proposal is being raised by Democratic representativeMarie Gluesenkamp Perez, who was elected in 2022 to represent the 3rd district of Washington State.

Last month, Perez tried to pass an amendment to require the Office of Congressional Conduct to produce a cognitive test to assess members’ “ability to perform the duties of office unimpeded by significant irreversible cognitive impairment.”

Go figure, the proposal was widely unpopular with the House Appropriations Committee that voted on it — but Perez is using the momentum to continue pushing the issue.

https://futurism.com/law-congress-cognitive-test

AS I stated I do not believe this goes far enough…..every elected official from president and his cabinet all through the government should be tested regardless of age….in the last twenty years there have been signs that a few elected are showing signs that they have the mental acuity of a garden slug….matters not the party…..all should be tested.

And the results should be made immediately public especially to those that elected these people.

As well as anyone running for office should be given a civics test to determine if they understand the role of government for the health of the nation.

This is a great idea just does not go far enough in my book.

Thoughts?

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