To begin with this paper will get the reader educated on the history of the 26th Amendment and what it all means. Later it will begin to go into the controversy of the 26th amendment and whether is should be repealed or not. It will go over valid issues of the 26th amendment and voice concerns with in it, all while squashing the opposing side's argument. This paper will use real life examples couples with statistics and data to prove that the 26th amendment should in fact be repealed.
What is the 26th amendment? Should it be repealed? Witch group of Americans agree with the 26th amendment and which don't? All these questions and, more will be answered throughout the duration of this paper. More cases show that the 26th amendment …show more content…
So how can it be argued that teens should have equal rights as adults if teens aren't even trusted enough to guide their own lives. In fact teens can't even rent a vehicle until they are 25 years old (Newsmax.com. N.p., n.d)!
It seems as though Americans can be rather hypocritical with these unrealistic ideas of democracy. They tend to pick and choose what things they want to actually be democratic. Teens should not have this much freedom in the polls if this freedom is not going to be applied other places in society. After all it is highly frowned upon when an American ruins their own life with drugs or alcohol, so shouldn't we hole ruining the country's future with uneduacated immature voters to the same standard (Newsmax.com. N.p., n.d)?
It is in fact democratic to give all citizens a right to choose their leader. However until the generation of teens in the United States become more mature, self reliant, educated, and more thoughtful it is not logical to let them vote. For some Americans voting, and politics means the world to them.Often times it is even there career. They take a special kind of pride in voting for a leader, and spend countless hours getting well educated on the issues, and also problems in society. Some even spend money campaigning for their favorite candidate and have valid proof on why they are voting for them (Newsmax.com. N.p.,
What is the 26th amendment? Should it be repealed? Witch group of Americans agree with the 26th amendment and which don't? All these questions and, more will be answered throughout the duration of this paper. More cases show that the 26th amendment …show more content…
So how can it be argued that teens should have equal rights as adults if teens aren't even trusted enough to guide their own lives. In fact teens can't even rent a vehicle until they are 25 years old (Newsmax.com. N.p., n.d)!
It seems as though Americans can be rather hypocritical with these unrealistic ideas of democracy. They tend to pick and choose what things they want to actually be democratic. Teens should not have this much freedom in the polls if this freedom is not going to be applied other places in society. After all it is highly frowned upon when an American ruins their own life with drugs or alcohol, so shouldn't we hole ruining the country's future with uneduacated immature voters to the same standard (Newsmax.com. N.p., n.d)?
It is in fact democratic to give all citizens a right to choose their leader. However until the generation of teens in the United States become more mature, self reliant, educated, and more thoughtful it is not logical to let them vote. For some Americans voting, and politics means the world to them.Often times it is even there career. They take a special kind of pride in voting for a leader, and spend countless hours getting well educated on the issues, and also problems in society. Some even spend money campaigning for their favorite candidate and have valid proof on why they are voting for them (Newsmax.com. N.p.,