Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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On this spooktacular episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the crew goes trick-or-treating on the steps of Congress. Seamus explains the ghastly reality of elderly politicians haunting the landscape and hampering progress.

newsweek.com/how-dianne-feinstein-net-worth-has-grown-31-years-senator-1819172
instagram.com/p/Cx-1iIRNHbR
pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/04/most-americans-favor-maximum-age-limits-for-federal-elected-officials-supreme-court-justices
pewresearch.org/topic/politics-policy/demographics-politics/generations-age-politics
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/congress-age-demographics-house-senate
theconversation.com/theres-no-age-limit-for-politicians-as-people-live-longer-should-that-change-211318

CREDITS:
Written by Sean Malone, Lou Perez, and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by LtAmazil, Adamdonk, and Emily Slatt
Voiced by Seamus Coughlin and nosoup4knowles
Layout by Jaime Velasquez, Trevor Smith
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone