Thread: Welsh 16 year olds get the vote
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Old 02-12-2019, 15:20   #30
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Re: Welsh 16 year olds get the vote
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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
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).
It’s an arbitrary line at 16 just as much as it is 18. People go on about “world wisdom” achieved by 16 and 17 year olds without any real evidence for it.

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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