the choices some folks make I’m not sure if 30 is too young to vote
Should anyone at all be allowed to vote is what I’m thinking…
In a perfect world society wouldn’t let anyone reach adulthood without a well rounded education to bolster them against the kind of fear based tricks the Republicans use. This is why the Republicans have been trying to dismantle public education every chance they get and cut assistance programs. Keep the people dumb, poor, and tired and they’re easier to manipulate.
This demographic I’m not popular with shouldn’t be allowed to vote
Sounds like the terrorist GOP
If you’re cool with sending an 18 year old to battle, you should be cool with letting them vote
Service guarantees citizenship.
**I would like to know more. **
Also can we please just let them have a beer, too?
If I’m going to be forced to die in a desert for some rich dude profit margin I’m going to do whatever the fuck I want
No no, if we let them vote they might vote for people who want to not send 18 year olds to war
Let’s call this what it is: a call to repeal the 26th amendment
Man, the GOP just loves making the core tenet of Democracy inaccessible to anyone and everyone who isn’t rich and white.
Let’s be honest: if youth these days were inclined toward the right, Republican contenders would be fighting to ‘defend’ youths’ right to vote from non-existent left-wing ‘threats’.
Shit, they’d be fighting to lower it to 16.
I wish someone would propose limiting voting to people who’ve passed a citizenship test.
I guarantee these yokel conservatives would think it’s a great idea to further marginalize people but I guarantee most of their electorate couldn’t pass a citizenship test lol
and OLD
This person doesn’t think anything, he is paid to parrot statements for Supreme Court Justice owning billionaires.
“…gonna be on the trail… See you out the trail!”
Ramaswamy ding-dong.
If you’re old enough to die for your country, you’re old enough to vote. Period.
Coming from the guy who never voted until he was 30. Who has never had any experience in politics at all…
Then make sure they pay zero taxes of any kind please.
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Yeah, while I don’t want to restrict anyone’s voting, any logic against younger people voting is not nearly as strong as logic against older people voting. It’s not just that they won’t be a part of the world for as long (that said, it’s entirely possible a 70 year old gets another 2 decades, so I don’t think that’s necessarily compelling reasoning). Mental decline is also an issue and arguably more relevant.
The alt right doesn’t like young voters because they claim they’re too immature. But senility is very similar on the opposite end of the spectrum. Senile voters can be simply disconnected from reality and thus unable to make good choices.
That said, you can’t just draw an age limit and expect that to cover senility, since one person can be 65 and senile while another is 90 and of sound mind. So I don’t think we should be restricting voting on either side of the age range (though we should let people as young as 16 vote – we already trust them to do dangerous things like drive).
Yeah, well I feel 37 is too young to run for president. Maybe he should pause his campaign.
Anyone over the age of retirement shouldn’t be able to run for any publ office.
I’d rather go the other way and restrict voting to folks under 70. At least 18 year olds are going to have to live with the consequences.
Disagree. I understand where you’re coming from but it’s short sighted to write off everyone over 70.
I understand where you’re coming from
Not if you thought I was in any way serious.
Whoever this guy is
The GOP is too corrupt to breathe our air.
Misleading headline. What it should say is:
GOP Contender Vivek Ramaswamy Thinks Voting is A Privilege to be Earned
And that is far, far scarier.
