On a “Kid Nation” bio, Guylan – Age 11 believes that voting rights should extend to kids down to the age of 9.
From the Bio:
“If you could put into place one law that pertains to kids in our country, what would it be?
If there were one law that I could put into place it would be for kids 9 and up to have the right to vote.”
Post Link:
http://maxine-log.blogspot.com/2007/08/kid-nation-why-growing-up-is-hard.html
Democracy, unlike “Kid Nation”, requires adult supervision and participation. Some would argue that our current crop of legislators are wanting to run the U.S. from this “Kid Nation” perspective given the lack of standards they wish to enforce our immigration and language application laws (see Aaron Hanscom’s post – http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/11/who_needs_english_in_america.php).
