Should 16 Year Olds Be Given The Right To Vote…?
No…Sixteen year olds are too immature and too distracted by adolescent interests to become responsible and informed voters.As a 16 yr old, I know I wasn’t mature enough to make decisions about issues such as tax and welfare, I wasn’t informed enough to vote,and it is at this age that teenagers are at their most rebellious and negative stage, a time when they are more keen on making a statement than acting responsibly. Rebellion against your parents’ taste in music and their rules is one thing; let’s not make that part of the democratic process by which our government is elected. Just another brain dead idea from a brain dead politician belonging to a brain dead government…
