New voting age - 25
I think the voting amendment should be abolished; the voting age should be 25.
With the exception of soldiers (inc. Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, and Air Force), the under-25 population is largely ignorant.
The reason is that armed forces fellas grow up a lot faster; our college kids seem to get the news from other sources (the worst part is that they believe it).
I know when I was 24 I was a political idiot.
Most of the “youngsters” get their info from “The Onion” or, even worse, the “NYT”, via various outlets. They have no idea what it’s like to actually maintain an income, family, and necessary interpersonal relationships.
Do they remember the Clinton years? Do they remember that it was a Republican Congress that initiated entitlement reform, thus reigning spending (GWB & McC, take heed), and stimulating the economy?
No. They remember Bill gettin’ lucky, and that’s way cool, huh, huh.
And now they can vote.
Of course, it’s not all-inclusive that youngsters are petrified by knowledge. But, it’s in the 90-th percentile.
If you’re under-25, you shouldn’t be allowed a vote if:
You get news from “The Onion” and “The Daily Show”.
You think Keith Olbermann is honest.
You’ve not served in the Armed Forces (I didn’t; but I’m not under 25, alas).
You think “Viable Fetus” is a cute name for a girl.
You’re a “9/11 Truther”.
You think North & South Vietnam are states in Honk Kong.
You think Kim Jong Il is a democrat. (Well. . .)
You say “Bush lied, kids died” or “no blood for oil”
You think well water is deodorant.
You think “Democratic” and “Democrat” are even similar in meaning.
You think “Reagan” is a futuristic weapon.
You think “Carter” is how Bubba Clinton got his nellies in (“Arkansas HP, can you Carter inna door?”)
