Change the US Legal adult age to 21 - voting at 18 doesn’t mean we are adults!


Change the US Legal adult age to 21 - voting at 18 doesn’t mean we are adults!
The Issue
When the minimum adult age was set, times were different. I believe that we can change this minimum age to make it easier on majority of the 18 year olds who have to get a House, Car, and job, with 0 years of experience! It’s absurd thinking, during the years of 14-18 you are earning your high school diploma taking as many as 9 classes in a day! Who has time for work in this age let alone looking for the %40 of employers who hire under 18. It takes months and years to save for a house or car and I think these 3 years from 18-21 are those years. This isn’t a cry for help this is simply an oppositional view opposed to the 18 year old Voting suffrage ages. With different times comes different thinking.
Heres a recent quote that will hopefully help you see through to my point of view.
“If 18-year-olds are burdened with the responsibility of adulthood, they should be afforded some of its privileges” Charlotte Lawson.
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The Issue
When the minimum adult age was set, times were different. I believe that we can change this minimum age to make it easier on majority of the 18 year olds who have to get a House, Car, and job, with 0 years of experience! It’s absurd thinking, during the years of 14-18 you are earning your high school diploma taking as many as 9 classes in a day! Who has time for work in this age let alone looking for the %40 of employers who hire under 18. It takes months and years to save for a house or car and I think these 3 years from 18-21 are those years. This isn’t a cry for help this is simply an oppositional view opposed to the 18 year old Voting suffrage ages. With different times comes different thinking.
Heres a recent quote that will hopefully help you see through to my point of view.
“If 18-year-olds are burdened with the responsibility of adulthood, they should be afforded some of its privileges” Charlotte Lawson.
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Petition created on October 26, 2022