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Originally Posted by Willravel
What does "pay for anything on their own" mean? Getting money as a gift means a transfer of the ownership of that money. If you don't think children pay for anything, feel free to visit a drug store near an elementary school at around 2:30 p.m.
I got an allowance from I don't know how old because I did chores and such around the house, which mean I had undeclared income long before I was 14 to spend how I saw fit, and every dollar I spent on a taxable item was taxes. I paid taxes long before I was 18, and so did you.
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When a child wants something they'll usually go to their parents and ask for the money. When the parent gives them the money to buy said item, they include tax. The child wouldn't get as much money if it wasn't for the tax. So, it's inconsequential to the child whether or not there are taxes.
Some children do get allowances. I didn't. I did my chores to earn the roof over my head, the shirt on my back, and the food on my plate, but I get your point.
You said in another post "no taxation, or taxation with representation". I can almost get behind the first half of that, but how do we stop adults from giving children their money to buy them things so they don't get taxed?
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Originally Posted by Willravel
If mental capacity and experience are not prerequisites for adults to vote, why should they be for children?
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There should be prerequisites to become an adult, but, unfortunately, that's not how the society we live in works.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
We try kids as young as 14 as adults all the time. Some people arrested and convicted before turning 18 are serving life sentences.
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Originally Posted by Punk.of.Ages
....unless it's a particularly heinous crime....
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If it's a heinous crime they don't deserve any rights, anyway...
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Originally Posted by Willravel
My parents both voted Republican in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and my dad in 2000. They did not represent my views.
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They
did represent your views. That doesn't mean they represented them properly...