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Raising the voting age for the snowflake generation
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As people seem to be living longer there are increasingly senile older people. Why not an upper age limit? Or how about a test before you can vote?Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAs people seem to be living longer there are increasingly senile older people. Why not an upper age limit? Or how about a test before you can vote?Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostI would like to see aggressive tax avoiders have their voting rights retrospectively removed so they can then be charged with historic electoral fraud.
Nor is it immoral, unlike one of the favourite tricks of totalitarian regimes of deliberately blurring linguistic distinctions!Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostTax avoidance, aggressive or otherwise, is NOT ILLEGAL.
Nor is it immoral, unlike one of the favourite tricks of totalitarian regimes of deliberately blurring linguistic distinctions!Comment
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Raising the voting age for the snowflake generation
Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostAnyone not a net contributor over their life should not be in a position to vote…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by Dark Black View PostSince the younger generations seem to increasingly be maturing at a much later age (if at all) than previously, should the voting age be raised to 21 (or later) to save us from the easily led and feckless?
Discuss...Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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The voting age should be the same as the army recruitment age. If you can sign up to fight for your country, you should have the right to vote for who might send you into battle.
...the bit that I would struggle to see defined is the upper age for voting. Is it retirement, or when/if you lose your driving license, or maybe when you are not declared mentally fit to vote.
(My mother in law has dementia, she is rarely lucid but still has a right to vote. She doesn't know who we are or where she is. Her family have power of attorney over her affairs. You might be able to get the balance of drugs right that she would see the ballot paper, she might be able to make a mark on it, but she wouldn't know what she was doing or why she was doing it. She might ask why Churchill's name wasn't on the ballot as most of her memories relate to the war)…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAs people seem to be living longer there are increasingly senile older people. Why not an upper age limit? Or how about a test before you can vote?
Originally posted by diseasex View PostVote should only be allowed for people with higher education that understand core concepts of economics etc. Probably an exam that eligible you to vote would be nice too.
Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostI'd also introduce a net lifetime tax/benefit floor on eligibility to vote. Anyone not a net contributor over their life should not be in a position to vote themselves more state largesse literally at the expense of others!Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostThe voting age should be the same as the army recruitment age. If you can sign up to fight for your country, you should have the right to vote for who might send you into battle.
Perhaps it should be as soon as you first pay tax. But I guess in theory a baby could earn money and pay tax.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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