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21 for driving? so there go the summer jobs for teens delivering pizzas..
as for voting age, i'm all for bringing the age down. my only real concern was that the voter turnout of that age category would be so low that it would be effectively pointless to sample it. but if voting booths are set up on or near campus like you suggest, that may just turn things around.
in my highschool we had some classes about the political parties (in canada) and how their policies may affect our lives, but it was all quite theoretical---partially because we weren't in the job market really to have the experience to know the pains of income tax, etc, and largely because we had to wait years before we could have our say.
give kids a chance; they may surprise us.
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