House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) proposed lowering the voting age to 16, or 17 years old, because it would be an ‘awesome civics lessons.’
“To achieve what we want to do for the middle class, for kids in school, for immigration reform, for all these things, we must change our politics. We must reduce the role of money in politics. We must dare to do that and so we have a dare, disclose, where is this money coming from, this dark money? Amend the Constitution to overturn Citizens United. Let’s get out there and mobilize and do it. Reform our campaign system to empower small donors and empower voters with a renewed and strengthened Voting Rights Act, removing obstacles of participation,” Pelosi said at the Make the Progress summit sponsored by the Center for American Progress.
“I’m for – and I’m interested in hearing your thoughts, and I know you’ll let me know – for lowering the voting age to high school age, whether it’s 16 or 17 or, because when kids are in school they’re so interested, they’re so engaged, and we would like them to be ready at least to register before they leave.”
PJ Media reported:
In the speech, Pelosi said the economic indicators under President Obama have been “excellent” aside from income inequality. To support her point, Pelosi drew a contrast between Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush and Obama.
“What more of a contrast could you need but Jeb Bush telling the public that people should work harder so they have more money to spend and the contrast with that in our president, President Obama, said people are working harder, we need to pay them overtime so that they can provide for their families,” she said.
Pelosi also mentioned that Democrats are continuing their push to allow college graduates to refinance their student loans.
During a panel discussion at the conference, Democratic Del. Stacey Plaskett (V.I.) said she had $200,000 in student debt after attending graduate school and law school.
“My entire career has been in public service, which means I will never be able to pay off that loan. And I just decided, you know, what the hell, I’m still going to have a family. I’m still going to do those things and there’s got to be relief for us to be able to be productive citizens and productive people in this country without that gnawing ache,” Plaskett said.
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How about repealing the 24th Amendment. That has cost us 20 trillion dollars in operating debt and at least that amount in unfunded liabilities in poverty programs.
Democrats are for cheap votes and Republicans are for cheap labor. People like me are told to drop dead.
We need an army of those who will employ tactical and strategic jury nullification. That’s change.
Pelosi is emblematic of the systemic ignorance that runs rampant in the Democratic Party. She lies so often and so deeply that she has completely lost touch with reality.
She needs help, like setting in a hospital, the women is SICK in the head.
Pelosi needs to get some treatment for her Alzheimers
Pelosi is exhibit one for passing an Amendment with term limits and possibly limiting voting to those under 75. Actually it would be best to limit voting to those who pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits.