As far as voting, I think 21 is a good idea. (The draft is long gone, so no one is being forced to serve.)
This has nothing to do with rights, and everything to do with snowflakes fresh out of (or still serving in) leftist training academies.
I used to be against the Electoral College.... but not anymore.
I wouldn't get my hopes up though, it appears that our Governing Elite is now at the point where it is simply unable to reverse anything that has gone before. No matter how stupid or ridiculous it is.
Personally, I don't care if the voting age is 18 or 21, but I think voting ought to be restricted to taxpaying citizens. If you aren't supporting the government, you shouldn't have a say as to who is in the government.
Wouldn’t that remove most retirees from the voting polls ?
No, pensions are taxable income. Non taxable income is govt. handouts.
Pensions for retirees have to reach a certain limit before they pay taxes. I live in a heavy populated senior area. I estimate half the seniors here pay no income taxes.
Ad to the fact that those retirees have paid taxes their entire life to get to that pension point. If they have any other retirement accounts like 401s or any Mutual Funds or stock dividends, they are all taxed.
I'll bet all the seniors that you are talking about have paid taxes their entire working life and have lost a good 10-20% of whatever money they made their entire working life to support the people who don't work or support themselves, or pay taxes to support the government.
Your premise was to deny the vote to people who don’t pay taxes. It wasn’t my idea. There are many people in our society who would be denied under your premise. Retirees, housewives, college students, etc. If you wish to change your premise to people on welfare, that is a different story.
