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ToraToraTora | 09:09 Fri 19th Jan 2018 | News
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42732442
So should we raise the voting age to 25 then? The last thing I want is self obsessed twitface junkies effecting who's in the government.
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yes, why not restrict the vote to landowners the way it was in the 18th century.
10:06 Fri 19th Jan 2018
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Had a wee smile when I read that pensioners don't contribute. Wish someone would tell the tax man as I'm in my seventies and still paying tax. My father also paid tax till the day he died aged 95.
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“This thread is simply ageist.”

Indeed it is:

“Again, how do people over the age of retirement contribute to society apart from give their very educated, stern opinions? And how does this contribute more than someone from the age of 16, who works and pays tax?”

“…because they would have to live with the results and consequences for a lot longer(.

Your premise is nonsense. So, somebody of eighteen gets a vote worth, say, five votes (because they have to live with the consequences longest). Reducing to say, four at the age of thirty, three at the age of forty, etc.. What utter drivel. All voters have to live with the consequences of their choices. An older person may suffer the consequences for a shorter period but the effects may be more profound. Who can tell?

“You can start work at the age of 16…”

Get your facts straight. You can only begin work at 16 if you start an apprenticeship or a traineeship. Otherwise you must remain in full time education or work or volunteer no more than 20 hours a week whilst remaining in part time education.

“Also this day and age, i highly doubt anyone under the age of 16 makes more than 11.5 K a year anyhow!”

Check up again on the age at which you are allowed to work. (In particular check on how much work you are allowed to do when aged under 16).

“Private or state pension?”

Makes no difference. The State Pension is taxable.

Anything else I can put you straight on?
Indeed it is an ageist thread and spath, you have NO IDEA at all how you will feel as an old man and it is daft to say you will ...
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“Also its fine to pull all my comments about the older age,…”

Well that’s your fault. The question was about whether the voting age should be raised. But it was you who introduced the idea that older people should be disenfranchised:

“i think the voting age should be capped…”

And:

“I'm simply highlighting how people as young as 16 have the right to vote... And i feel people over a certain age actually don't. As you've said, they've contributed, they've had their say, now time to relax and leave the voting to those who it'll effect.”

But finally, when it is highlighted that your argument is (to be kind) a little mercurial, we get this:

I'm not denying the old to vote,…”

So what’s it to be????
Note - the thread actually started with comment which can be viewed as ageist.
Haha Spath is doing well if he can afford a valet.......never mind spoil him. :))

You youngsters have no idea how tough we have to be to be old. (^_*)
So...we agree that if you pay tax you should be able to vote.....if I may take this one step further ...should the higher tax payers get more votes?
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//No, i think you should be able to vote as soon as you are able to work. If you pay tax, you should be able to vote.//

I was doing a paper round at 10, can I vote.?

Dave.

sorry i missed the word "TAX", ok so what about prisoners, the elderly, students, low paid workers.

none of which will be paying tax
Webbo...... thousands of us old uns are paying tax well after retirement age. :((
But not all.
//Makes no difference. The State Pension is taxable. //

excuse me the difference is about £10,000 ! ter daaah

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-4159894/Retirees-2017-look-forward-income-18-100-year.html


I think that AB is proof positive that childhood can last way beyond 65....[ and that this is not new ]
If we're going to restrict voting only to the competent, that will rule out the vast majority of the population.

The line has to be drawn somewhere, and it will always look somewhat arbitrary. The current age is probably about right.
"excuse me the difference is about £10,000 ! ter daaah"

The difference between what, Peter?

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