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Interesting that the OP proposes 22 as a voting age. I'm perfectly content with 18, but if I had to choose to change it I would actually lower it to 16. Not only does it give people a little control over the world they will enter into as adults, but it would create an opportunity to engage young people in politics when they're a captive high school audience.
As for the rest, I generally favor low numbers with the exception of driving.
I don't believe age of consent should be any higher than 16, perhaps even as low as 14. There should certainly be limits to the age gap between partners at such young ages though: a 16 and 14 year old is one thing, but a 25 and 14 year old is an entirely different story. Of course, a young age of consent only works if we get our heads out of our asses as a nation and start providing full sex education early on.
Both drinking and smoking should have an age limit of 18, and I'd raise the driving age to 18 as well. Like DaniGirl, I think we should stat teaching kids to drive around 15/16, but let's wait a little longer before unleashing them upon the world in their own private little killing machines.
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