Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Amendment 26 lowered the age of voting to 18. The big argument was that if an 18 year old was old enough to go fight in the Vietnam War for our country, he should be able to vote. This new thing that is pretty similar to that is the drinking age. People are saying if you can fight at 18 then you should be able to buy a beer. This does make sense, and there have been plenty of bills that have been brought up. And I agree with it, I believe that they should lower the drinking age to 18. 18 is the mark for everything; being an adult, voting, fighting in a war, and so on. Why is the drinking age three years more?
So many people drink before they are 21. The one clips says something like 85% of 21 drank before their 21st birthday. They say that they are going to be more car accidents from drunk drivers if the age is lowered. Well duh! There are going to be more people drinking in public becuase 18 year olds won't be afraid to go out anymore.
This video clip gives both sides of the issue. Talks about brain maturing and fighting in wars.
Another clip giving points on each side, but seems to be leading towards lowering the drinking age.
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