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2015-07-20 Fifth Column
Pelosi Proposes Lowering the Voting Age to 16
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Posted by DarthVader 2015-07-20 00:22|| || Front Page|| [11124 views ]  Top

#1 Should set the age to match what Pelosi and company established as independent adults having to pay their own way not on their parents plans in Obamacare. What was that, 26?

The argument to lower it from 21 to 18 was because of the draft at the time inducting 18. 19, and 20 year olds for the war. It should have been limited to those individuals rather than the whole population if that was the rationale back then.
Posted by Procopius2k 2015-07-20 00:31||   2015-07-20 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Screw that, voting should be restricted only to those who actually pay taxes. If you are on any sort of federal assistance, no vote for you. No voting for free stuff
Posted by Silentbrick 2015-07-20 01:15||   2015-07-20 01:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Screw that, voting should be restricted only to those who actually pay taxes.

And public sector employees, excluding veterans (h/t RAH).
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-07-20 01:56||   2015-07-20 01:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Ooops. I mean the other way, of course.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-07-20 02:01||   2015-07-20 02:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Second that gromguru.

Publicly employed people are not net taxpayers at whatever level of government generates their magic check. Therefore, no vote for them at least at that level of government.
Posted by no mo uro 2015-07-20 06:00||   2015-07-20 06:00|| Front Page Top

#6 My oldest granddaughter is 16. As much as I love her, I would not want to see her voting. She would probably vote for the lead singer from her favorite boy band.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-07-20 09:27||   2015-07-20 09:27|| Front Page Top

#7 What Rambler said.
Posted by JohnQC 2015-07-20 09:41||   2015-07-20 09:41|| Front Page Top

#8 I prefer that only land owners vote.
Posted by jvalentour 2015-07-20 10:04||   2015-07-20 10:04|| Front Page Top

#9 I believe what most are saying is - people who have 'skin in the game'.
Posted by Procopius2k 2015-07-20 10:36||   2015-07-20 10:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Just another example of Dems hoping to create another voting block that would be completely under their control. They've been trying this for decades and they will succeed eventually
Posted by Rex Mundi 2015-07-20 11:22||   2015-07-20 11:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Perhaps make that 'Public Unionized Employees'.

No, you can't sit on both sides of the table - who do you think you are; Iran?

Personally I think you should have to re-register every 4 year - with Official photo ID proving you are a citizen; and proof that you have paid paying Fed Taxes for the previous year. Only exceptions to the Taxes requirement would be Vets with honorable discharge.
Posted by CrazyFool 2015-07-20 11:39||   2015-07-20 11:39|| Front Page Top

#12 The lead singer of your 16 year old daughter's favorite boy band would probably make a better congress critter than Pelosi.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-07-20 11:41||   2015-07-20 11:41|| Front Page Top

#13 A dead squirrel would make a better congressman than Pelosi.
Posted by DarthVader 2015-07-20 12:00||   2015-07-20 12:00|| Front Page Top

#14 That allows for all of the "children" from Mexico to be able to vote.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-07-20 12:02||   2015-07-20 12:02|| Front Page Top

#15 Not much preventing that now Ebbomosh... sad to say.


Heck my pet Cockatiel would make a better Congressman than Pelosi - and he's been dead for the last 10 years.
Posted by CrazyFool 2015-07-20 12:27||   2015-07-20 12:27|| Front Page Top

#16 A dead squirrel would make a better congressman than Pelosi.

Now don't be dragging Donald Trumps hairpiece into this.
Posted by OldSpook 2015-07-20 12:49||   2015-07-20 12:49|| Front Page Top

#17 Now don't be dragging Donald Trumps hairpiece into this.

I thought that was a road killed Pomeranian.
Posted by DarthVader 2015-07-20 12:55||   2015-07-20 12:55|| Front Page Top

#18 If the voting age were a 16 year old intellectual equivalent, that would exclude most Pelosi voters.
Posted by Harry Spoluque4231 2015-07-20 13:15||   2015-07-20 13:15|| Front Page Top

#19 Personally I couldn't give a rats ass about Trump's hairpiece. Its' what's under the hairpiece that matters.

The fact that he's talking about some of the Politically Correct Sacred Cows and pissing a lot of people off in the left, media (but I repeat myself) and the right establishment and stirring up some of the crap from the bottom and sides of the political pot is a good thing.

He's going to make the debates interesting at least. That is if he doesn't get snubbed.

Not exactly a supporter at this point.
Posted by CrazyFool 2015-07-20 13:42||   2015-07-20 13:42|| Front Page Top

#20 Now the Obama can allow illegal Communist Cubans to immigrate in and vote Marxist.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-07-20 18:54||   2015-07-20 18:54|| Front Page Top

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