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Topic	Anyone older than avg life expectancy shouldnt be able to run for president
K181 02/08/24 5:45:12 PM #20:	Notti posted... What about the voters? 0 to 17 year olds can't vote. Why not? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_age#Maximum_voting_age http://profs-polisci.mcgill.ca/muniz/intergen/Van%20Parijs%20-%20Disenfranchisement%20of%20the%20elderly.pdf I'm in favor of lowering voting ages, too. As for how low, that can clearly be up for debate, but I support reducing to 16, which is also when most teenagers get over the table jobs and start paying taxes. As for why we have any restriction at all on voting age, it basically boils down to establishing an age of where it is acceptable that a citizen is independently minded enough to have a political voice of their own. Give babies and toddlers the franchise, and you're just giving a parent an extra vote, after all. Could there be an argument for younger than sixteen? Sure, but how much lower is certainly up for debate. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:978732763] in Anyone old... [t:80691687]...</cite> <quote>Notti posted... </cite><quote>What about the voters?0 to 17 year olds can't vote. Why not?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_age#Maximum_voting_agehttp://profs-polisci.mcgill.ca/muniz/intergen/Van%20Parijs%20-%20Disenfranchisement%20of%20the%20elderly.pdf</quote>I'm in favor of lowering voting ages, too. As for how low, that can clearly be up for debate, but I support reducing to 16, which is also when most teenagers get over the table jobs and start paying taxes.As for why we have any restriction at all on voting age, it basically boils down to establishing an age of where it is acceptable that a citizen is independently minded enough to have a political voice of their own. Give babies and toddlers the franchise, and you're just giving a parent an extra vote, after all.Could there be an argument for younger than sixteen? Sure, but how much lower is certainly up for debate. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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