TMPHBITEU
How can this guy be allowed to say something this logical and sensible in a public forum? GOP presidential candidate tells young Iowans US should raise voting age from 18 to 25
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Iowans Thursday night he supports raising the minimum U.S. voting age from 18 to 25.
Under Ramaswamy's desired amendment to the U.S. Constitution, those ages 18-25 would be allowed to vote only if they participate in a six-month "national service requirement" — in the military or as a first responder — or complete a civics test identical to the one required to become a naturalized citizen.
The policy, Ramaswamy told a crowd at the Royal Flooring furniture store in Urbandale, is "ambitious," and some "will not agree with it." But he described it as a critical stepping stone for restoring "civic pride" and "American identity" among young people.
"I think it is a problem that young people don't vote enough in this country," Ramaswamy said. "But if you make it something that you actually have to earn, you value it even more. It's human nature and psychology."
Member
Leftists always point to the second amendment and say it only applies to muskets. When the constitution was written, only 21 year olds were allowed to vote, and 21 year olds in 1787, a 21 year old was the equivalent of a 40 year old today. Raise that shit to at least 35 lol.Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe
Member
I agree with this proposal but not for the reasons Ramaswamy gives, which are quite strange and smack of social engineering, only done for a conservative purpose instead of a socialist one.
I do not care that young people don't vote. In fact, if the choice offered to them at the polling booth is as insulting as it has been for the last few elections then they have a strong duty not to vote. If you go into a shop and you don't see anything you like, you don't buy anything. If everyone took this approach then the turnout at elections could well end up falling so low that the ridiculous candidates we are presented with would be deprived of any plausible mandate. There would have to be major political change in order for the party system to survive - possibly involving the death of the old parties and the creation of new ones from their ashes which better reflect the political divisions in their countries.
In any case, the main argument for a higher voting age is nothing to do with instilling a sense of national pride and identity (that is the purpose of various other institutions and features of culture which are largely out of the hands of the government of the day, at least until recently). Do you want immature teenagers, most of whom have barely any experience of the world outside whatever bubble their parents have kept them in, deciding the fate of your country?
TMPHBITEU
At least somebody is thinking ahead: In the Event of an Official US Bankruptcy | Mises Wire
What organization would oversee the execution of a US federal government debt default, and what authorization would they be given to deal with the situation? No suggestions are offered when its scale is numerically mind numbing since the US has used debt as its drug of choice to overdose on fiscal reality.
Some outcomes will be a lowered federal bond rating by the three private bond rating agencies, where the reality of higher interest rates being offered on newly issued federal debt cannot be ignored. Federal government spending cuts in some form will be required by the realities of economic law, which includes reducing the number of federal employees, abolishing federal agencies, reducing and reforming military budgets, selling federal government property, delegating federal programs to the states, and reforming the federal entitlement programs of Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Federal government tax revenue to repay the known debt with interest will rise as a percentage of each year’s future federal budget.
One real impact from a federal government debt default would be that the US dollar would no longer be the global reserve currency, with dollars in many national reserve banks coming back to the US. Holding dollars will be like holding a hot potato. Nations holding federal debt paper—like China ($859 billion), Great Britain ($668 billion), Japan ($1.11 trillion), and others as of the January 2023 numbers published by the US Treasury—as well as many mutual funds and others will see their holdings reduced in value leading to a selling off of a magnitude one cannot imagine in scale and timing. Many mutual fund holders like retirees, city and state retirement systems, and 401(k) account holders will be impacted by this unfolding event.
Member
I’d be lying if I said this exact thought didn’t cross my mind.
Member
Didn't some group submit a paper(or multiple papers) that were essentially gibberish and got them published, just to show the foolishness of the process? Want to say it was about 5 years ago?
Member
The “grievance studies affair” James Lindsey was one of them, Peter Berghossian was another one of the publishers.
It's a small point of pride that I saw one of them published in a forum for the purposes of pointout out how retarded academics were and I thought to myself that's not real. I think it was the Dog park one.
Member
Yea, but come on. That was probably in some soft-science journal (still an indictment). We always knew those were weak; they were mediocre by definition. It wasn’t the Physical Review.
Member
Transgressing the Boundaries is the one I remember, but that was back in the 90's
Member
The bastards are working on taking down internet archive including it's way back machine.
What is Happening to The Internet Archive? - YouTube
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
648 cases of side effects were reported to the VAERS system on breastfed infants whose mothers received the Covid-19 vaccine
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote