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Originally Posted by Punk.of.Ages
When a child wants something they'll usually go to their parents and ask for the money.
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It doesn't matter how they got the money, they got the money. It's their money to spend. When they spend the money, some of it goes to the government. It's really that simple.
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Originally Posted by Punk.of.Ages
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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Bingo. If it were easy to ensure that children weren't going to be used by adults to avoid paying taxes, I'd simply say don't tax people until they're able to vote... but that doesn't work. The only way to do this is to allow kids to vote.
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Originally Posted by Punk.of.Ages
If it's a heinous crime they don't deserve any rights, anyway...
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What rights? Children are taxed without representation, they can't vote, they are often subject to illegal searches, many can't freely practice their own religion... things aren't all that hot for kids and teens. The very least we can do is allow them the freedom to have their voices heard by the government. Allow them the opportunity to become aware that they can change their condition through the right of voting.
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Originally Posted by Punk.of.Ages
They did represent your views. That doesn't mean they represented them properly...
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Okay, so if you vote for one person but your vote is counted for another, at least your government represented your views... though they didn't represent them properly.