What the Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling Means for the Drinking Age

Newsweek/Daily Beast ^ | Jun 29, 2012 | Caitlin Dickson

[Gilbo_3]

only an overbearing and abusive government could rationalize an 'adult' *crime* of posessing/drinking as a 'minor'...the jail/fines are the big boy house, not juvie...

much less the 26 yr old 'child' clause of deathcare...

[bill1952]

...If you can vote and serve our country in the military at 18, you should be able to get an alcoholic drink

You know I agree.
Its just that I don’t agree with teenagers drinking OR serving in the military - a teen not voting or drinking doesn’t bother me at all, but the hypocrisy that you pointed out is certainly valid.

Except in times of war the age for full time Service in the Military should really be 21.
Perhaps some conditional or reserve service and training in support roles could be provided for between 18 - 21.

[kabar]

Why 21 instead of 18?

Here is a list of countries and their enlistment ages. The only country with 21 or higher is Afghanistan (22).

[redpoll]

I remember the governor of Connecticut, a handsome woman named Ella Grasso, who was one of the last (perhaps the last) holdout against the feds forcing the state to increase the drinking age. She said that someone coming home from the military deserved a cold beer. Eventually, the state folded.

Just part of the incremental growth of the federal government. It’s actually one of the incidents that had led me to conservatism and Constitutionalism; I guess taking beer away from a 19-year-old can do that.