Hey, Old Guys!

BY KIM BELLARD OK, how many of you had on your women-in-power bingo cards that, in 2022, Sheryl Sandberg would be out at Facebook but Queen Elizabeth II would still be Queen?  It’s the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, marking seventy years on the throne.  She’s getting a lot of love for that tenure, but it makes me think, geez, some people just don’t know when to step away. Perhaps what sparked my cynicism about the Queen was an op-ed by Yuval Levin, Why Are We Still Governed by Baby Boomers and the Remarkably Old?  Dr. Levin is, of course, referring to the U.S., and he’s spot-on about our governance problem.  But I think the problem goes further: we have too many old people running our companies and major institutions as well.   Whether it is, say, healthcare, education, or the military, we’re so busy protecting the past that we’re not really getting ready for the future. ———– To Dr. Levine’s point, the President, Speaker Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and our most recent former President are all members of the Silent Generation, as are the House Majority Leader and Majority Whip.  Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer at least is a Baby Boomer.  According to the Congressional Research Service, the average age of House Members is 58.4 years, of Senators is 64.3; both numbers are trending up.  As Dr. Levin points out, “Our politics has been largely in the hands of ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Health Policy Baby Boomers Kim Bellard Politics Source Type: blogs