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In reply to the discussion: Warren Buffet is a genius, this was just posted on facebook by a friend [View all]BlueMan Votes
(903 posts)11. public pressure to allow 18 year-olds to vote was because of vietnam and the draft.
if they're old enough to be drafted to fight and die- they're certainly old enough to have a say.
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Warren Buffet is a genius, this was just posted on facebook by a friend [View all]
Democrat 4 Ever
Nov 2012
OP
Buffett did say that about ending the deficit. The rest of the e-mail has nothing to do with him.
Brickbat
Nov 2012
#1
I agree with Buffet's proposition but not the rest of the enumerated points.
xtraxritical
Nov 2012
#21
Not true. See "Warren Buffett and the Mythical 'Congressional Reform Act'"...
pinboy3niner
Nov 2012
#4
I noticed the Recs, too. Flying by, I guess, didn't read. I'll look for Brickbat's post, too.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#19
Wait, where is that? Oh, never mind. We're just enouraging this thread. I'm gone.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#20
Just what we need - 435 Reps and 33 Senators with no experience running the country
central scrutinizer
Nov 2012
#5
Nothing you have said makes it obvious that it *won't* be austerity for the needy w/o power.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#35
public pressure to allow 18 year-olds to vote was because of vietnam and the draft.
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#11
I remember walking to get petitions on that when I was a teen. I wouldn't get to vote for a while,
freshwest
Nov 2012
#26
Great ideas.These bums are the real parasites of his county.More than 2/3's are millionaires already
judesedit
Nov 2012
#29
I like the combining of the Congressional retirement fund with Social Security.
fasttense
Nov 2012
#32