Currently, someone who's 16-17 at the time of the prior election and now 18 could be drafted to fight in a war and die by a Congress and President he never was even allowed to vote against taking office.
So allowing them to vote? Fair, next.
That's a stupid argument (considering that the draft is a non-issue and, by that logic, you should go even younger), next.
streamofthesky posted...
Revelation34 posted...
16 year olds know nothing. Even a lot of 18 year olds don't.
To be fair, a lot of adults use Fox "News" or Facebook as their only news source, and thus know less than nothing (b/c a lot of what they "know" is bs). But they're allowed to vote.
While as always it's amusing that you solely highlight right-leaning media, adult low-information voters are still paying into the system and have a far greater economic stake in the system than teens (who largely rely on their parents).
Behaviorism posted...
Gotta love CE: "Even though all laws and politics affect you, you should have no say in it 16 year olds!"
1) Not sure why you're talking about CE on PotD, but I guess you got mixed up on which you were trolling today.
2) All laws and politics affect people of *all* ages in the US. Should you also allow 5 y/os to vote?
You're right. For some reason I thought I was CE. My mistake. ---