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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

Bullsh*t, We need to go back to just Property Owners being allowed to Vote, like it was.


41 posted on 03/04/2018 9:38:08 AM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: Trump20162020

Raise the voting age to 45. Unless you voluntarily serve in the military, then it stays 18 for you.


42 posted on 03/04/2018 9:38:28 AM PST by Professional Engineer (This account has been banned or suspended.)
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To: Trump20162020

The New York Times is totally screwed up here.

The voting age should be three months.


43 posted on 03/04/2018 9:38:29 AM PST by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Trump20162020

Last month — Congress considers legislation to keep teens from eating Tide Pods.

This month — Congress should listen to teens for advice on gun control.

What’s wrong with this picture?


44 posted on 03/04/2018 9:39:35 AM PST by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: Right Brother

It started before that, in the 19th century when fathers started to be marginalized from their families, which was Stage One.

Suffrage was Stage Two.


45 posted on 03/04/2018 9:39:40 AM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: Ann Archy

Lower it to birth. Planned parenthood would be ruined


46 posted on 03/04/2018 9:39:53 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Trump20162020

There is a French old adage which says “I am too old to know everything”.
But of course, the NYT talking heads are too stupid to understand such eternal facts.


47 posted on 03/04/2018 9:40:38 AM PST by miniTAX (au)
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To: Trump20162020

We should raise the voting age to 27.

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48 posted on 03/04/2018 9:40:53 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Trump20162020

Either lower the age for everything to 18 or raise the voting age to 21.


49 posted on 03/04/2018 9:41:39 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Trump20162020

Age as solitary voting criteria is senseless.

There are other criteria that should be basic. Citizenship is a good one. I like land ownership.


50 posted on 03/04/2018 9:42:18 AM PST by stanne
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To: Trump20162020

If you’re liberal you want them to vote before reality strikes.

Once people start working, paying taxes, getting 401k with employer matching, and understanding how life works for adults, they are less likely to vote D.

And seeing how regulations affect business vs what they’ve been told about regulations saving the planet or reducing income inequality, may get them to question D policies across the board.

Get them to “pick a team” before they are aware of what the team actually stands for and it’s more likely they will ignore facts since the alternative is to question their previous party/team decision.


51 posted on 03/04/2018 9:42:25 AM PST by LostPassword
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To: Trump20162020

We should lower the voting age to 16 because 16 year olds agree with the Slimes.

What if they didn’t agree with you Slimes? Would you still want them voting then?


52 posted on 03/04/2018 9:42:50 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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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?”...

The motive behind this crazy idea is the same as the push for open borders with the intention of finding ways to let illegals vote for Democrats at election time. The plan is to steal the nation from legal citizens through the illegal vote along with giving the vote to under aged children who have shown that they are exhibitionists looking for stardom in front of TV cameras. Look at those supporting and pushing forward these kids whose brains will not be developed for another few years and you see exactly what the left is doing.

53 posted on 03/04/2018 9:43:37 AM PST by jazzlite (i)
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To: budj

No one receiving welfare should vote


54 posted on 03/04/2018 9:43:59 AM PST by stanne
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To: Trump20162020

Liberals believe that the voting age should be whatever best benefits Liberals at any given time.


55 posted on 03/04/2018 9:44:28 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Trump20162020

You are born as a LIBERAL because someone takes care of you completely for the first 12-16 years of your life - you are dependent on the providers. This is why the LIBTARDS want to ensare them at such a young age - the sugar daddy RAT party will give you everything!!! Isn’t that what Santa Obie ran on? Many people get married and raise little kids and decide they have to take on their own responsibilities - thus seeing their way to conservatism. I maintain no one is born a CONSERVATIVE.


56 posted on 03/04/2018 9:48:05 AM PST by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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To: Trump20162020
Who doesn't want people whose biggest problem in life is "math is hard" voting?

From what I see, 16-year-olds can't get off their phones, eat Tide PODS and get addlepated over something as simple as their own gender.

57 posted on 03/04/2018 9:50:39 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: mosesdapoet

“Why The New York Times Should Be Torn Down /s”

Why the sarc tag? Ann Coulter suggested that Tim McVeigh should have parked his Ryder Truck in front of the NY Times instead of the Murrow bldg.


58 posted on 03/04/2018 9:50:44 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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To: Trump20162020
I knew these kids reminded me of something...

Yeah - the "manipulated by an immortal demon" part does ring true. And the tall one looks sort of like a younger David Hogg.

59 posted on 03/04/2018 9:50:52 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Trump20162020

No.

Just like auto insurance policies, they don’t drop the rates until you hit 25.

They do this for a reason.


60 posted on 03/04/2018 9:51:51 AM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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