Lower the voting age, don't raise it
"Democracies require the vote for all citizens, or at least all who are capable of minimal levels of participation."
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"Democracies require the vote for all citizens, or at least all who are capable of minimal levels of participation."
Longshot Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is proposing to raise the voting age from 18 to 25, with exceptions for those who serve in the military, work as first responders,
The House speaker must line up enough votes in his fractious caucus; that may not be possible.
Traders don’t believe that Congress is foolish enough to allow a default, and even if one were to occur, they are signaling it would be short-lived.
From the commentary: There are plenty of reasons to worry about the state of US democracy. Small money isn’t one of them.