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It could help the abortion issue. Republicans and Democrats could open up orphanages for voting
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All of a sudden people turn 18 and a light goes on in their head and they say to themselves ``Holy
cow, how naive I was as a teenager. I am so glad I waited to do anything dangerous until now
because I can clearly comprehend the consequences of my actions and I feel like I can make well
informed decision as to who should be elected to office this year.`` ... |
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They should |
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The fact that Obama is in office is empirical proof that the voting age needs to be risen not
lowered. There are plenty of adults who vote regardless of being dangerously uninformed; allowing
children to vote would merely add insult to injury. |
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Kids as young as 10 almost always support the candidate their parents support. This policy would
give an unfair advantage to the candidate whose supporters had more children.
The fact of the matter is, 10-year-old just don't understand politics well enough to support a
candidate for their own reasons instead of their parents'. I might support lowering the voting age
as low as 15 or 14, but definitely not 10. |
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What do they understand? The majority of them do not even care about politics. Even if they do, they
do not necessarily contribute to the nation and therefore should have no direct influence upon the
governmental issues. |
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No, most do not have the attention span it would take to learn what the issues are... |
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Could you please tell me what a ten year old would want in a politician? |
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To paraphrase the war cry of the American Revolution, Representation without taxation is not
fair.
Before you jump all over this, yes, I know that children pay sales taxes and yes, I know that if
teenagers work than they may have to file income taxes but as a general rule, teenagers do not make
enough money in a year to pay more than the base rate for taxes.
As such, children are not taxed as adults and should not be making decisions for the adults who do
pay the bulk of the government's operations. If I had my way, we would go back to the original
intent of the Founding Fathers and make it such that only landowners pay taxes and vote. The
Founding Fathers never intended the government to require so much money that an income tax on
everyone was required. And since children cannot sign contracts until they reach the age of
majority, they cannot own land and should not be voting.
However, this does not mean that children's voices cannot be heard. There are lots of political
actions that children can take to make themselves ready for the responsibility of voting. Get
informed and get involved. Learn about what our government does. Learn the positions of your state
and federal representation. Talk to your parents about the issues. Volunteer for a campaign with
which you identify. |
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They aren't even allowed to decide when they go to bed at night. Whichever president had more
myspace friends would win. |
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No way! Most children don't even know anything about the candidates, and they just follow what their
parents say, which may be biased. They might also fall for peer pressure and just vote for who their
friends vote for. |
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What silliness |
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Froggy is just below the standard age to vote and she's still scared about it. It requires a choice
and good political knowledge, one does not vote on someone because their shoes look cool.
Sadly, Froggy knows that's how a lot of teenagers are. The age between 10-17 is a time where they
focus on peer pressure, and if all their friends were doing it they'd vote for the one with the best
hair. Froggy has a few friends like that.
Another thing, Froggy is just learning the true meaning between democratic, republican, and
independent. Who expects a ten year old to know that?
Certainly there are some well informed and intelligent children out there but the majority of them
are just kids who would rather vote for their class rep. Froggy knows that she'd much rather keep it
that way too.
Sure children are the future, Froggy understands that and uses it as an excuse quite often. However
Froggy does understand that the choices of intelligent adults with experiance in a voters
consequences would know what to do. When an 18 year old starts to vote it'll put the slightest
strain that'll make them wonder if they're making the right choice. The only way to make the right
choice is to follow the elections.
Has anyone seen a 10 or 11 year old willingly watch the debates and speechs?
Froggy says to look at modern day teens and what their interests are, it's not politics. So Froggy
believes they should be left out of voting until they reach 18. |
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Even emancipated teens should wait. 18 is a perfect standard. Even to consume alcohol. |
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Absolutely not. Children do not understand what is going on. They just mirror what their parents and
teachers say. Would you allow a ten year old to treat your physical ailments, I think not. I would
never entrust the well being of our Country to the hands of children. |
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27 Sep 2008 20:52
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