think it is time to repeal the 26th Amendment. In fact we need to amend it or rewrite it.
In case you were not paying attention, the 26th Amendment sets the voting age at 18. Okay, so I had to look it up myself. It is becoming clear that 18 is far too young to entrust with the franchise. Consider the recent polling data out of Iowa.
The polls indicated that the under 40 crowd is 2-1 in favor of Sanders over Clinton. That means that the illiterate generation is twice as much as positive about an avowed socialist than for a closet socialist. They seem to have not heard of the great socialists of history, Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot to name a few. Wherever socialists get control death and poverty follow.
But in all fairness it is probable that their history teachers were all socialists too.
Perhaps it is time to raise the voting age to 40. While we are at it we might want to take the franchise away from teachers and college professors. I would be willing to give up my right to vote for losing candidates in the People’s Republik of Kalifornia in order to remove educational minions from the voter gene pool.
As George Putnam used to say at the end of each newscast, “Here’s to a greater, stronger America.”
homo unius libri
They made the fatal mistake when they began letting non-property-owners vote.
ReplyDeleteThere was a time in my youth when I would have vehemently disagreed with you but age and experience sometimes adds wisdom. We should at least not allow them to vote on issues dealing with property taxes.
DeleteGrace and peace.