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Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16
The New York Times ^ | March 2, 2018 | Laurence Steinberg

Posted on 03/04/2018 9:25:53 AM PST by Trump20162020

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To: Trump20162020

A new level of idiocy, even for the New York Times. It’s been decades since it was anything but a propaganda tool for the Left. Fortunately they’re going broke so maybe they won’t be around much longer.


141 posted on 03/04/2018 11:38:54 AM PST by Bayan
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To: sevlex

That would also make them eligible to die on the battlefield.


142 posted on 03/04/2018 11:48:20 AM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Trump20162020

Only people paying federal income tax should be voters.

Yes, I said it.


143 posted on 03/04/2018 11:59:30 AM PST by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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To: 5th MEB
2: Must be a property owner. 3: Must be gainfully employed. 4: Must be paying personal income taxes.

Extreme, I would say so. So an elderly retired military That sold his big house and rents and pays no personal income tax because SS is not taxed unless you make a bunch of money cannot vote ? Bullspit.

144 posted on 03/04/2018 12:09:08 PM PST by redcatcherb412 (Emerged intact.)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
Only people paying federal income tax should be voters.

A wounded veteran living on VA disability that is not taxed cannot vote after shedding blood for the right to vote. I'll wait on the side to see how that works out.

145 posted on 03/04/2018 12:13:04 PM PST by redcatcherb412 (Emerged intact.)
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To: Trump20162020
Oh my goodness, it's a flashback... "Wild in the Streets, c. 1968"

Theme song and everything, by Max Frost and the Troopers:

[With no sense of tonality or pitch]

"Nothin' can change the shape of things to come!!"

146 posted on 03/04/2018 12:18:53 PM PST by OKSooner (My brain is an amazing thing...)
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To: DoodleBob
yup
147 posted on 03/04/2018 12:24:17 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: miss marmelstein

“Raise it to 35. No single women, non-homeowners allowed to vote AT ALL!”

No single women??!! If you did that, the Democrats would never win another election!

https://www.npr.org/2014/05/05/308955525/all-the-single-ladies-5-takeaways-about-unmarried-women-voters


148 posted on 03/04/2018 12:37:09 PM PST by PTBAA
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To: Trump20162020
They offer an inspiring example of thoughtful, eloquent protest.

Are you kidding me? Hurling vicious personal insults, and recycling tired old false leftist talking points is "thoughtful, eloquent protest"?

What they've shown is that the voting age should be raised to 21...and certainly not lowered.

149 posted on 03/04/2018 1:34:28 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Trump20162020

May as well just hand over your car keys
to your two year old.


150 posted on 03/04/2018 1:39:51 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Trump20162020

Not enough dumb uninformed people voting?


151 posted on 03/04/2018 1:44:41 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Trump20162020

This is the most idiotic idea from liberals ever. Basically, it’s an admission that only ignorant, self-assured fools are liberals.

I might have gone for it 150 years ago, when many 16 year olds were working, either helping their own or starting a family, taking on responsibility...


152 posted on 03/04/2018 2:02:57 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: Trump20162020

The phrase originated with Francois Guisot (1787-1874): “Not to be a
republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is
proof of want of head.” It was revived by French Premier Georges
Clemenceau (1841-1929): “Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of
want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head.”


153 posted on 03/04/2018 2:34:40 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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To: Trump20162020
Yeah right ... we're going to give the vote to these types of idiots ..."


154 posted on 03/04/2018 2:39:43 PM PST by CapnJack
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To: Trump20162020

Wild in the streets. Google it.


155 posted on 03/04/2018 2:40:37 PM PST by weezel
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To: PTBAA

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).


156 posted on 03/04/2018 2:43:14 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: Trump20162020

No vote without a job!


157 posted on 03/04/2018 2:45:24 PM PST by chuckles
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To: Trump20162020
Austin Powers No GIF
158 posted on 03/04/2018 3:12:47 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: JoeRed
So let me get this straight: Lower voting age to 16 because kids are so smart and mature, raise gun purchase age to 21 because kids are stupid and immature?

Bingo!

159 posted on 03/04/2018 3:31:19 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Trump20162020

How about this...

All verified US citizens 18 and older may vote, UNLESS...
a. Someone else claims you as a dependent. or
b. You are receiving government welfare (any form). or
c. You commit a felony.


160 posted on 03/04/2018 4:55:42 PM PST by VinnieCCT
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