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Why in the hell is the legal age to vote 18?
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:24 am
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:24 am
If the Winston Churchill quote is true, if you arent a liberal at 20 no heart if you arent a conservative by 40, no brain...why the hell is 18 the age to vote?
Should be 30.
Should be 30.
This post was edited on 11/22/19 at 11:47 am
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Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:26 am to Monkey business
Should be at least 30.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:26 am to Monkey business
Because, at the time of the change, it was legal to be drafted to fight in Vietnam but not to vote.
With the draft abolished, that Amendment should probably be repealed. Instead, idiots are trying to lower it.
With the draft abolished, that Amendment should probably be repealed. Instead, idiots are trying to lower it.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:27 am to Monkey business
Can't even buy a beer anymore. 
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:29 am to Monkey business
why do old people that can't figure out how to operate a smart phone allowed to vote.
it is America that's why.
it is America that's why.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:31 am to Monkey business
Vietnam.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:32 am to Monkey business
quote:
If the Winston Churchill quote is true, if you arent a liberal at 20 no heart if you arent a conservative by 40, no brain..
This quote is dumb
If you are a liberal at 20, no brain yet. If you’re aren’t a conservative by 40, still no brain.
-gregmaddux
This post was edited on 11/22/19 at 10:35 am
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:32 am to Monkey business
quote:
21 at the EARLIEST
If you're old enough to go to war..you should be able to vote.
This post was edited on 11/22/19 at 10:33 am
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:33 am to Monkey business
You're either an adult or not.
Voting, draft, drinking, adult prison, and firearm purchase ages should all be the same.
It always cracks me up when Democrats want the tobacco purchase age to be 21 then want 16 year olds to vote.
Voting, draft, drinking, adult prison, and firearm purchase ages should all be the same.
It always cracks me up when Democrats want the tobacco purchase age to be 21 then want 16 year olds to vote.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:34 am to Monkey business
Should be 30 and if you pay negative income taxes or are on public assistance since the previous election you shouldn't be able to vote in the current one.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:39 am to Monkey business
Bc the Constitution says so
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:40 am to Monkey business
Try running a campaign that’s gonna take that away
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:40 am to Monkey business
Should be 21, and should be paying taxes. If you're on government assistance you cant vote. In college? Pick tops or being able to vote.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:41 am to Monkey business
Because .... FDR, Ike (who commanded 18 year olds in WWII), Korea, Vietnam, Kennedy, The 60s and finally LBJ.
Nixon couldn't fight it at the time.
26th Ammendment was inevitable and it happened around 1971.
I will say this and I will catch heat for it but a lot of it, at the time, was also racially motivated.
I will also say, having lived it and been an adult at the time, that most 18 year olds were far more mature in those days. It was not uncommon to marry, settle down and start a family back then. Women were just entering the workforce and, while women couldn't be drafted they were a massive voting block at 18 for the liberal progressives so it was a huge win for liberal progressives.
There was a flip going on at the time as well .... and it won the day for liberals and sent many blue dog democrats to the Right.
Nixon couldn't fight it at the time.
26th Ammendment was inevitable and it happened around 1971.
I will say this and I will catch heat for it but a lot of it, at the time, was also racially motivated.
I will also say, having lived it and been an adult at the time, that most 18 year olds were far more mature in those days. It was not uncommon to marry, settle down and start a family back then. Women were just entering the workforce and, while women couldn't be drafted they were a massive voting block at 18 for the liberal progressives so it was a huge win for liberal progressives.
There was a flip going on at the time as well .... and it won the day for liberals and sent many blue dog democrats to the Right.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:42 am to Monkey business
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If the Winston Churchill quote is true,
This isn't a factual Winston Churchill quote despite it always being accredited to him.
There no record of Churchill ever saying this. Not only that, but scholars point out that he was a conservative at 15 and a liberal by 35 so this quote makes no sense for him to ever say.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 10:43 am to Monkey business
I've said the same thing on here before and been downvoted.
There was a time when 18 year olds were adults, now most kids are still sucking off their parents until they're 25 years old and have no real life experiences that would help them cast an educated vote.
There was a time when 18 year olds were adults, now most kids are still sucking off their parents until they're 25 years old and have no real life experiences that would help them cast an educated vote.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 11:01 am to Monkey business
American democracy is a dumbass-driven system. There is a large pool of dumbasses between 18 and 21.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 11:17 am to Monkey business
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If the Winston Churchill quote is true
This phrase alone reveals your ignorance.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 11:26 am to Monkey business
The criteria to vote should be tax payer first! Age second.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 11:37 am to Monkey business
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Why in the hell is the legal age to vote 18?
Should be a test and required ownership of property to vote... I don't really give a frick about the age...
You should have accomplished more than standing around sucking up oxygen in order to get a vote...
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