In my job, I speak to plenty of people who make 6 figure salaries. Many of them can't do basic, simple math that I learned in 4th grade. Oh sure, they're in their 50's, so they're well experienced in life. They have kids, a spouse, own their own houses, - in the plural - are the partner of some corporation or another, and have been with said company for 20+ years. They fill my head with all sorts of conspiracy theories as to how the economy is going to perform or why it's going to do X or who caused it to do Y or who is responsible for Z. On and on it goes. For the vast majority of folks over 35, they either insist that I give them ALL the answers OR they're convinced that THEY have all the answers. So for all their life experience, they're incredibly dimwitted when it comes to making decisions for themselves in their retirement accounts. There are multiple news articles on this: the Baby Boomers have NOT saved nearly enough for retirement. They haven't taken care of their own personal finances. Yet they should be allowed to make decisions that influence the country?
Conversely, the vast majority of 20-yr-olds I speak with want to learn. They want to take the time to understand and make their own informed decisions. Probably because we know there will be no social security for us. Yet we, who are going to be the most affected by that, shouldn't have any say in the civics process because we're too young?
Just two years ago, my political opinions were still developing. My writing style was still developing. My knowledge of the retirement industry was still developing. My video game skills were still developing. My "level" as a Christian was still developing.
Today? Yeah. All that stuff is still developing. And honestly, I don't ever foresee a time when I'll stop developing or even WANT to stop developing, even when I turn 25 next month. I love to learn, and I understand that I'll never reach the Ultimate Peak of Nothing Left to Improve.
But I'd suggest that if we're going to have limits on how old you have to be to vote, there should be a cut-off age limit, as well. Once you get to 65 or so, you're nearing the end of your life: why are you influencing policy decisions that will well out-last your lifespan? I think it should go for anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness, as well: if you're gonna die, no voting rights for you.
Republicans ought to be doing is doing all it can to reverse the leftist stranglehold on education at every level.
Republicans need to be embracing youth as citizens of equal standing instead of constantly looking for a way to degrade or exclude them. EVERYONE is in a state of development at ANY given time: excluding the youth has far more to do with the fact that they vote largely liberal. Well, what happens with the democrats make the equal suggestion regarding seniors who vote largely republican?
We ALL live in this nation, we ALL have the ability to make decisions and live our own lives. Therefore, the policies that government makes affects us ALL, and we should ALL therefore have the ability to influence those decisions if we so choose.
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Conversely, the vast majority of 20-yr-olds I speak with want to learn. They want to take the time to understand and make their own informed decisions. Probably because we know there will be no social security for us. Yet we, who are going to be the most affected by that, shouldn't have any say in the civics process because we're too young?
Just two years ago, my political opinions were still developing. My writing style was still developing. My knowledge of the retirement industry was still developing. My video game skills were still developing. My "level" as a Christian was still developing.
Today? Yeah. All that stuff is still developing. And honestly, I don't ever foresee a time when I'll stop developing or even WANT to stop developing, even when I turn 25 next month. I love to learn, and I understand that I'll never reach the Ultimate Peak of Nothing Left to Improve.
But I'd suggest that if we're going to have limits on how old you have to be to vote, there should be a cut-off age limit, as well. Once you get to 65 or so, you're nearing the end of your life: why are you influencing policy decisions that will well out-last your lifespan? I think it should go for anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness, as well: if you're gonna die, no voting rights for you.
Republicans ought to be doing is doing all it can to reverse the leftist stranglehold on education at every level.
Republicans need to be embracing youth as citizens of equal standing instead of constantly looking for a way to degrade or exclude them. EVERYONE is in a state of development at ANY given time: excluding the youth has far more to do with the fact that they vote largely liberal. Well, what happens with the democrats make the equal suggestion regarding seniors who vote largely republican?
We ALL live in this nation, we ALL have the ability to make decisions and live our own lives. Therefore, the policies that government makes affects us ALL, and we should ALL therefore have the ability to influence those decisions if we so choose.