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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
I know this isn’t what most are saying here (although I’ve read some members advocating for it in the past) but it would be horrible to take away voting rights for people after, say, age 70. They’ve paid a lot of taxes over the years, are often more engaged than younger people, and are often some of the smartest people around.
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Let’s base it on general intellectual ability then. And since testing isn’t possible, let’s just set an arbitrary limit.
12/80? So voting age gets lowered to 12 and caps out at 80. I’d say mental capacity is about equal in those scenarios, on average, IMO.
Or is ageism only ok against the young? Who actually are affected long term by the votes placed by the elderly.