People shouldnt be able to vote till theyre 21

Your average 18 year old is graduating from high school, has just taken years of history, political science and history. Their choice is as likely as anyone’s to be logical. I can remember my 5th grade teacher telling us what a responsibility voting was after the voting age was reduced to 18. At the time the Vietnam war was the motivation. 18 year olds could be conscripted into the military and forced to risk their lives yet had no voice in our republic. If taxation without representation is tyrany than surely conscription without representation is as well.

I will admit that I wasn’t so wise in my choices when I was 18. In 1980 I pulled the lever the first time for Ronnie Raygun (voting machines back then had levers to pull). I’m still embarassed about that one.

“You make a valid point - many only listen to a ‘sound-byte’ that sounds great - anybody would agree with - problem is, if you look deeper at all at the facts you recognize the deception / half-truths”

amblessed, you know I do a lot more than listen to just sound-bytes. I have lost count of the number of times I have caught you in a lies when YOU use only sound bytes and out-of-context quotes.

“There are a lot of things I don’t understand”

Very true…

“but one thing I do understand ‘redistribution of wealth’ means exactly that - Goverment takes from some and then passes it out to whomever they please - doesn’t take a mental giant, just common sense of which some Sheeple are blind or refuse to admit…Take care !!””

You mean like the government taking 800 billion from we the people and giving it to the banks?

This is something I posted before but it bears repeating again:

For conservatives, “re-distribution of wealth” is code for socialism. They don’t understand that if you keep allowing wealth to be amassed into the hands of a smaller and smaller number of people, it actually hurts the economy, because there is less money in the economy because the wealthy save the majority of their income, so that money becomes unavailable for normal conmmerce. This is exactly what caused the great depression, and there has not been this kind of disparity between the wealthy and the poor since just prior to the depression in the 20’s. We have had our best economies when the middle class was strongest. Right now it is shrinking. Coporate America is out of control. CEO’s salaries have gone through the roof, while worker’s salaries have been flat or shrinking. A major factor has been the inability of workers to collectively bargain. Union membersip has been shrinking ever since Reagan, and this is one of the key reasons for the woes of the middle class. When union membership is high, the middle class grows. That is a fact. Union jobs make all salaries higher for everyone, not just union members. But of course conservatives think that the ability of labor to collectively bargain is somehow anti-capitalism, or dare I say, socialism. But the facts don’t lie. Reagan began busting unions in the 80’s, and as membership has dwindled, so has the middle class.

Call it what you want, but taxing the rich is not only fair, but neccessary to grow our economy. Trickle down economics is a myth and lie being spread by the rich, who are only trying to prevent from having to pay their fair share.

Yeah… but most of the 18 year old sin america don’t know that much about politics, and they should make the right desicion and wait till they know more about the government and wait till they know WHAT the govenment is talking about… I really think that if you the 18 year old knows about politics before they can vote. So if they know a lot but not everything about politics than they are perfectly fine… Most of what they vote for is based on what their parents vote for anyways so what’s the point? They are just going to vote for the exact same people their parents vote for, go along w/ what their parents say. So who really cares it like having another one of their parents… Most of the 18 year olds in america need help from older people, so they understand america’s government… it’s confusing I know that they would still need help even if it was still their first time voting and they were still 21 years old! They would still need help because it’s still difficult.

You make a valid point - many only listen to a ‘sound-byte’ that sounds great - anybody would agree with - problem is, if you look deeper at all at the facts you recognize the deception / half-truths - There are a lot of things I don’t understand but one thing I do understand ‘redistribution of wealth’ means exactly that - Goverment takes from some and then passes it out to whomever they please - doesn’t take a mental giant, just common sense of which some Sheeple are blind or refuse to admit…Take care !!

I think it should be at the age of 25. People are way more serious then at 25 more so then 21.

I’m 18, and choosing to vote until 21. there’s so much I still don’t know about life, and I’m just going to spend the next 3 years learning more about politics. that’s the way it’s supposed to be.

I’ll be 20 before I can vote. And if they raise it to 21 then I’ll be 24 before I can vote after that. (I think?)

Anyway, I agree with Jimahl. I know some adults that know nothing about politics and just vote for whatever they might “believe” is there party. My sisters 19 and is going to college for political science.

There are plenty of people who are over 21 who don’t know what they are doing half the time either. If knowledge of the issues were a requirement to vote, then Bush would never have been elected once, much less twice. Just look at all the morons on here who are supporting McCain. Some constantly post useless platitudes like “Definitely voting for McCain/Palin - best for America by far !!”. Now anyone saying that obviuosly doesn’t understand the issues.

The average voter is already dumb as dirt, so letting 18 year olds vote doesn’t hurt anything.

this is not a question. just a really dumb, off base statement.

why. 18 is perfectly fine.