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Should the government continue to allow children under the voting age to donate money to political candidates?
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Results so far:
| Yes | 32% | 115 votes | Total: 354 votes | |
| No | 68% | 239 votes |
Yes
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Created on: December 06, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Absolutely. The basis for our government's authority is respect for the rule of law that was established
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by Mimi B.
Created on: March 02, 2008 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
I'm writing this from a teenager's point of view. Of course the government should continue to allow
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Created on: April 01, 2008 Last Updated: September 22, 2011
Should the Government Allow?
Who cares? We allow our children to use their money in all kinds of ways.
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by J.R. Anthony
Created on: July 18, 2007 Last Updated: May 22, 2011
A frantic writer on the "No" side of this debate asked the question: "Why should a child that is under
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by Andrew Groff
Created on: October 22, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Kids have much better things to spend their money on then politics. Similarly, they aren't allowed to
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Created on: January 02, 2008 Last Updated: July 29, 2008
Absolutely. It's already bad enough that children ages 13-17, most of whom are learning about politics
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by Tom Koecke
Created on: July 24, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Donations to political candidates are a form of speech. If children are not free to speak, they are
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No
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Created on: July 19, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Politics is a grownup mess. Why should a child that is under the legal voting age be allowed to contribute
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by Carol Natoli
Created on: April 11, 2009
When I first saw this question here, I actually had to think about it and "vote" for a side to defend.
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by Y Tian
Created on: January 05, 2008 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
At an age when life's worries consist mostly of homework, show-and-tell, the daily bath and how to spend
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Created on: August 02, 2011 Last Updated: August 03, 2011
I am writing this from an avid teenage political follower point of view and I would be very disheartened
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Created on: January 06, 2008 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Anyone who is ineligible to vote in American elections should be ineligible to contribute to a political
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by Jimmy
Created on: August 03, 2008
Pig politics, Well, what do you call it? I'll admit I never gave it a thought whether or not children
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Created on: October 01, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Would you join a hunting club, if you didn't hunt? Would you even be elligible for such a club? Then
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by Ian Loft
Created on: July 22, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
The greatest danger of involving children in politics is the risk of shameless exploitation in that
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Created on: July 29, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Children under the voting age should never donate money to political candidates based on the premise
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