Posted on 03/04/2018 9:25:53 AM PST by Trump20162020
The young people who have come forward to call for gun control in the wake of the mass shooting at their high school in Parkland, Fla., are challenging the tiresome stereotype of American kids as indolent narcissists whose brains have been addled by smartphones. They offer an inspiring example of thoughtful, eloquent protest.
Unfortunately, when it comes to electing lawmakers whose decisions about gun control and other issues affect their lives, these high schoolers lack any real power. This needs to change: The federal voting age in the United States should be lowered from 18 to 16.
Skeptics will no doubt raise questions about the competence of 16-year-olds to make informed choices in the voting booth. Arent young people notoriously impulsive and hotheaded, their brains not fully developed enough to make good judgments?
Yes and no. When considering the intellectual capacity of teenagers, it is important to distinguish between what psychologists call cold and hot cognition.
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Thanks Robert.
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Posted on 03/04/2018 5:52:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I find it kind of strange that you interpret it that way.
I am retired, I am former Military, I collect Social Security and do not make any money on the side, and I still pay taxes on it every year.
Although I do own my own home (on which I pay property taxes every year) because I choose to live the way I see fit, not beholding to some landlord.
And yes, those are the conditions I would set.
With the caveat that RETIRED people (those who have been gainfully employed and paid taxes throughout their lives) don’t have to be currently employed.
That’s why it’s called RETIRED.
Because they need as many liberals as possible and as we get older, we tend to learn at least a little bit.....If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.
“No persons not net positive in government support (taxes-benefits) should vote in the next election. Note that this does NOT include Social Security (the non-crazy check type).”
That works for me. Takers should not be deciding how much they get to take from the people paying the bill.
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