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Young Folks: Exercise Your Right Not to Vote — Please!

June 15, 2008 - 12:00 am - by Burt Prelutsky
Foxfier
2008-06-16 02:36:04

As one of the young people who shouldn’t vote until they’re living on their own….

I (somewhat) agree.

Partly because I just got a letter from my insurance company saying they now cover “minor children” up to age 25, if they’re not married; partly because “children” up to age 25 are still a liability to the parents if they default on college; partly because after I joined the Navy, I found out that the folks I thought were a little bit unrealistic were actually dangerously naive–and that meant about 45% of my classmates, at the very least.

If you want to control the country, you should at least be able to *pretend* to support yourself.