U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80.
Scott, who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party, was once a leading voice for Democrats on issues related to farm aid policy and food aid for consumers and a prominent Black member of the party’s moderate Blue Dog caucus. But he faced criticism and concerns in recent years because of declining health, enduring a primary challenge in 2024 and facing another one at the time of his death.
Scott’s death slightly widens Republicans’ narrow House majority going into the thick of this midterm election year The GOP began the current Congress with a 220-215 advantage, but the margin has fluctuated. Scott is the fourth House Democrat to die in office during this Congress.
Depends on implementation. Does it keep people sharp, focused, effective, and healthy well into their old age? Fabulous. Does it make people simply limp along like they’re half-dead already well into their old age? Fuck that.
No, it doesn’t depend on implementation, because I don’t want the same inevitably-increasingly-corrupt-and-out-of-touch fuckwads running the place in perpetuity even if they remain sharp and focused!
The older generations have to get the fuck out of the way in order for the newer ones to have opportunity. Otherwise, younger people end up being a permanent underclass.