Editorial: No need for a mandatory retirement age in Washington. The voters can do what’s needed.
- Posted on January 28, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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Editorial: No need for a mandatory retirement age in Washington. The voters can do what’s needed.

Rahm Emanuel recently called for a mandatory retirement age of 75 for government officials in Washington. Our ‘gerontocracy’ is proving we don’t need such a blunt instrument.