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'Thanks very much for your service you're grown up enough for that, but not to decide who should run our country' ? |
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If the government . . whoever that turns out to be . . gives 16yr olds the vote, then they'd better start treating them as adults and pay them the benefits they currently aren't allowed until they reach 18.
I'm sure there will be more age related anomalies, but this one is a starter. edit: oh, and stop giving them anonymity in court too |
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Paying tax isn't enough? |
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The generation who have squandered this countries wealth for the last 40 years want to pull up the drawbridge and cling onto this failed model for their lives. Adding more younger voters who can see the obvious disparities in the system would go against that. |
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They are kids who are providing service to their country. Additionally they are paying taxes into this country that are then spent by people who they have no choice in selecting. |
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I think the voting age should be lowered to 16. I don't think the arguments about their lack of knowledge are convincing because we don't apply a mental capacity test before people are entitled to vote. People at 18 don't become suddenly able to make an informed judgment and neither are all adults making an 'informed' decision. People vote for all sorts of reasons and it's a bad path to go down for others to decide if those reasons are valid or not.
They are deemed wise enough to be tried as an adult for crimes, to join (if not fight) the army and to pay taxes. If we think they are able to make these decisions for themselves and to pay for the services the government provides then they should be able to vote. In the end voting is a right, not a privilege, and so you need a very good reason to deny people that right. |
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They don't suddenly become more knowledgeable and mature at 16. Children can be in a situation where they pay tax, then again if you're going to use that argument, what happens to those who don't pay tax, or incorrectly declare it(eg Jeremy Corbyn).
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Sound reasonable? ---------- Post added at 15:00 ---------- Previous post was at 14:59 ---------- Quote:
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Why don’t we restrict the franchise to the well educated? Property owners? Landed gentry? They’re all obviously ridiculous ideas. However so is the notion that someone is so much wiser simply because they are older. |
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