“My 18 year old son disagrees. He’s heading to Fort Benning in June...”
What do you think?
I would make an exception for active service members.
But there are a lot more 18 years that would more than cancel out your son’s vote.
I'm sure that's the case, but then again most of the aren't all that interested in voting.
I'm not a big fan of limiting freedoms. When I was 18 I had an apartment and a job, sometimes two, paid my taxes and my own way. It took me until I was 20 to head to Benning.
Whether people own land (which I didn't until after I turned 30) or whatever circumstance they find themselves, they have a right to their say politically.
Exclusions can always be shifted depending on who is in power and I'd revolt if I was on the wrong side of that mess.