The recent school shootings across the country have sparked a national debate concerning the rights of children and the age of consent. The argument is valid.
Adult crimes do deserve adult punishment.
Among other things, this money financed roads on which I cannot drive and paid the salaries of government officials for whom I cannot vote. This money finances an unconstitutional fraudulent insurance scheme that, if I am to believe the government's own estimates, will be bankrupt long before I can ever collect from it. I, whose tax dollars pay for these programs, forfeit my natural rights simply because I am not eighteen years of age. Under the United States' legal system, killing five people constitutes an adult act, worthy of adult imprisonment. However, the same United States do not recognize holding down a steady job or paying taxes as adult actions, worthy of a vote or the right to hold office.