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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rational Jew on March 08, 2012, 07:29:22 PM

Title: Majority age in the US?
Post by: Rational Jew on March 08, 2012, 07:29:22 PM
How old, do you think, a person should be to become an adult and get all adult priviliges (vote, army, life responsibility etc)?
Title: Re: Majority age in the US?
Post by: Rubystars on March 08, 2012, 08:38:12 PM
Honestly I think a lot of people are a lot more immature than they used to be. I think voting should be reserved for people 25 and older but other priveleges can be younger.

I think some people would be ready to join the military at 16 actually.

Drinking/cigarettes could be 18. 
Title: Re: Majority age in the US?
Post by: Meerkat on March 08, 2012, 09:22:48 PM
for once, lets let cultural relativism take charge. 15 in Israel, 21 in America.

.... I think voting should be reserved for people 25 and older but other priveleges can be younger.
 
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I would eliminate the voting age entirely. The simple fact is that voting rates among <30s are abysmal. Meaning that only 1% of the new voter's pool will actually vote. We can probably assume that the 1% who care enough to vote know why they are voting the way they do.
Title: Re: Majority age in the US?
Post by: Rubystars on March 09, 2012, 09:18:27 AM
Meerkat I want to stop younger voters if possible because they are often very liberal and sometimes when they grow up and mature a bit they turn more conservative.