What should the voting age be?

[rory_20_uk]

If you're old enough to die for your country, then you're old enough to vote, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, have sex with a consenting adult preferably of the same species.

What I find ironic is that you are required to pass a driving test to drive a car, but as long as you're at least 18 and have a pulse you can vote.

Give children, and those who think like them, the right to vote and they'll choose double portions of cake, candy, and ice cream for every meal.

California is probably the best example of this: both cuts to taxes as well as increase of servicess are wanted, but it's nigh on impossible to get funding for these measures passed.

[a completely inoffensive name]

California is probably the best example of this: both cuts to taxes as well as increase of servicess are wanted, but it's nigh on impossible to get funding for these measures passed.

Actually the situation in California is that up until this past election, Dems want to increase services and Repubs want to cut taxes and they cant decide on the budget because it takes 2/3 majority. What would always happen is that they would eventually cut taxes and increase services which is why the state is in debt, but not until government would have to give out IOU's for several months and people got sufficiently pissed to get the legislature to "compromise" AKA do both.

However we just passed two propositions changing the CA Constitution making the budget only require a simple majority and new taxes now need a 2/3 majority to pass. We shall see how that plays out.

EDIT: Also propositions for new spending always seems to pass but propositions for new taxes always seem to fail. Example: Prop 1A for mandated funding for a high speed rail system across the state was passed in 2008. In 2010 we just denied a Prop (20?) that would make an 18 dollar surcharge on vehicles for something to upkeep our state parks.