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Dems ready to submit a bill giving term limits to SCOTUS. How about you give yourselves term limits, assholes? (www.reuters.com) DRAIN THE SWAMP
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– Fandigo 1 point ago +2 / -1

Life expectancy was around 60 years of age or less. Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were outliers. They were wealthy enough to be taken care of while the majority of people could not.

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– WaxMyBallsBernie 2 points ago +2 / -0

Because life expectancy counts everyone. Infant mortality and young people died in accidents at a much higher rate then than they do now, which lowers the life expectancy.

But like I said, if you made it to 30 or 35, you probably made it to 70. Old people were less common, but it wasn't a rarity.

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