Teenagers as fractional voters (Ellen Goodman Alert - Plan Meals Accordingly)

The Boston Glob ^ | 5-9-04 | Ellen Goodman

[inquest]

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Is this an idea whose time has not yet come? Probably. The fractious fractions bill is unlikely to get through California's Committee on Constitutional Amendments that meets May 26. If we want to design "training wheels," it might be better to lower the voting age first in local elections, especially school boards, where high-schoolers truly face taxation -- or rather tax cuts -- without representation.

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[inquest]

"Tax cuts without representation". There you have it folks: The real reason - expressed in its full Orwellian glory - why California's going this route.

[rogueleader]

Aaaarrggh.

If you live in California, YOU SUCK!!!!

[BenLurkin]

I have a better idea. Let's raise the voting age to 21.

[don'tbedenied]

She said "tax cuts without representation" without irony. Sometimes you see what people really think by accident. In this case she really believes that people who don't pay taxes should get to take the money from people who do.

[TXFireman]

"...where high-schoolers truly face taxation -- or rather tax cuts -- without representation..."

Wow! Words fail me.

[dirtboy]

In this case she really believes that people who don't pay taxes should get to take the money from people who do.

It's worse than that, she sees the taxes in question being the property of the people consuming the taxes. Which is related to the way most liberals treat wealth - as money and property the government is benovolent enough to let you keep (until such time as they need it).

[Jeff Chandler]

I have also heard the complaint that Bush "imposed" tax cuts.

[Carry_Okie]

If you live in California, YOU SUCK!!!!

Masticate feces and expire. Some of us have the guts and intelligence to fight these porcine droppings on their own turf. Where do you think they'll go next if they win?

[Amerigomag]

"Tax cuts without representation". There you have it folks: The real reason - expressed in its full Orwellian glory - why California's going this route.

Please! And from a California resident!

For those folks who aren't familiar with California here is the reality

This legislation hasn't got a prayer in hell because most Californians recognize it is a naked attempt to franchise illegal aliens through their anchor babies. An end run around both the US and California constitutions sponsored by a handful of single issue ideologues.

Not even our liberal champion, the Gubernator, is coming within smelling distance of this dead fish.