(11-15-2020, 11:41 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-15-2020, 11:26 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: My birthright point being that if someone is born as a U.S. citizen they're given the right to vote upon turning 18. At least that's how I define birthright.

I simply see the idea as pointless. It can be argued that what many people view as stupid is simply a different viewpoint than theirs. Uninformed is a more accurate statement and we already have a mechanism in place which teaches young people to be informed and think critically, it's called school. Unfortunately that institution has been dumbed down to the lowest common denominator on the altar of political and social correctness and graduates students who not only cannot think critically, but don't know how to read. The same fate awaits an institution created to form pools of informed voters. It will be bastardized to a state of utter worthlessness and manipulated by politics to create voter bases. Not to mention the bloated and expensive bureaucracy that it will surely become. 

I understand the reasoning but I stand by my assertion that it is a flawed concept, especially considering the political realities, you commie   .

Agree 100%.
Let's let the armed services focus on defending the country and destroying the enemy, not dumbed down make-work projects for teenagers.
I'm a little more fascinated with the "national service" idea where teenagers who don't join up in the armed forces would have to put in a year or two doing something like habitat for humanity or free childcare, but that would also become ripe for abuse.