Vivek Ramaswamy suggested canceling Juneteenth, calling it a “useless” holiday in a conversation with Iowa voters, NBC News reports.Less than two months ago, however, he posted a video on social media celebrating the day.
His proposal is raising it to 26 unless you’re 18 or older and
a) have passed a civics test (same one that all immigrants are required to pass for citizenship)
or
b) have served in the military
I really don’t think this is unreasonable. That being said I think the age minimum for military eligibility should be raised as well…in my opinion most people this young are not mature enough to rationally make these big decisions.
We already had unpassable tests used to disenfranchise people for a long time. I wonder if you don’t know about those or just agree with how they were used.
The most ignorant and racist people I know are all over 25, why would you only want it for those under 26?
No matter what political affiliation you have, I would wager that the current mess was not created by 18 year olds voting but older people. So if you want to be ‘fair’ and ‘reasonable’, how about we put restrictions on older voters on a sliding and increasingly more difficult scale?
18 - 25 : your good to go
25 - 40 : you need some civics tests
40 - 60 : civic + psycholigical testing
60 - 70 : civics + psychological + dementia testing
70+ : you no longer get to vote as your time has past and consequences are no linger your concern yet can harm upcoming generations
If you want limitations and testing, this is a fair proposal. I guess you would logically have to agree with this, yes?
His proposal is raising it to 26 unless you’re 18 or older and
a) have passed a civics test (same one that all immigrants are required to pass for citizenship)
or
b) have served in the military
I really don’t think this is unreasonable. That being said I think the age minimum for military eligibility should be raised as well…in my opinion most people this young are not mature enough to rationally make these big decisions.
We already had unpassable tests used to disenfranchise people for a long time. I wonder if you don’t know about those or just agree with how they were used.
The most ignorant and racist people I know are all over 25, why would you only want it for those under 26?
No matter what political affiliation you have, I would wager that the current mess was not created by 18 year olds voting but older people. So if you want to be ‘fair’ and ‘reasonable’, how about we put restrictions on older voters on a sliding and increasingly more difficult scale?
18 - 25 : your good to go 25 - 40 : you need some civics tests 40 - 60 : civic + psycholigical testing 60 - 70 : civics + psychological + dementia testing 70+ : you no longer get to vote as your time has past and consequences are no linger your concern yet can harm upcoming generations
If you want limitations and testing, this is a fair proposal. I guess you would logically have to agree with this, yes?