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(Bob Barker)
I was talking to you

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on the phone the other day
and you indicated to me then

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that you felt that people should retire
to give the younger people a chance.

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Very much so.
I think that….

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One of my heroes is Thomas Jefferson,

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and one of his favorite statements is
that the world belongs to the living

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and to me this means
that the rising generation

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should be in the position
to decide the basic policies of society.

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This in turn, I think, means
that the older folk, like you and me,

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should make way before our capacities
have entirely dwindled or vanished,

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but make way in order
that the new people, the younger people

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can have their full time at governance.

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But, at the same time you're saying
not because of age.

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Not because of age.
Well, alright.

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If they retire from decision-making,
as I call it, say age 60.

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That may be a bit too late.

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Then, as the elder citizens,
as we now call them, adopt the new roles,

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which society to some extent
now makes possible,

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as illustrated by you, for example.