830 House Rejects lowering voting age to 16 yrs old. I’ll take that Win (www.washingtonexaminer.com) posted 43 days ago by OhioRed87 43 days ago by OhioRed87 +831 / -1 61 comments share 61 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (61) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 12 ▼ – Zskills 12 points 43 days ago +13 / -1 35 year old land owners who pay net taxes. Imagine what would be possible without people voting themselves other peoples' money. Maybe there would be some gratitude. permalink save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – borscht-nazi 2 points 43 days ago +3 / -1 I'm pretty sure it wouldn't end well as it opens a HUGE opportunity for abuses. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – Zskills 1 point 42 days ago +1 / -0 I agree it wouldn't end well, for many many reasons. It's one of those ideas that would be good if it could be implemented without social unrest. Kind of like eugenics. Would society be better off without retarded people reproducing? Yes. But fuck letting the government play God. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – borscht-nazi 2 points 42 days ago +2 / -0 http://infogalactic.com/info/Unintended_consequences http://infogalactic.com/info/There_are_known_knowns permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – Husky 2 points 42 days ago +2 / -0 Road to hell, good intentions, yadda yadda permalink parent save report block reply
35 year old land owners who pay net taxes.
Imagine what would be possible without people voting themselves other peoples' money. Maybe there would be some gratitude.
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't end well as it opens a HUGE opportunity for abuses.
I agree it wouldn't end well, for many many reasons.
It's one of those ideas that would be good if it could be implemented without social unrest.
Kind of like eugenics. Would society be better off without retarded people reproducing? Yes. But fuck letting the government play God.
http://infogalactic.com/info/Unintended_consequences
http://infogalactic.com/info/There_are_known_knowns
Road to hell, good intentions, yadda yadda