Since the states increased their drinking age to 21 in 1987‚ every citizen of this country between the ages of 18 and 20 have been oppressed by the very people elected to power to protect their rights. It is evident that the legal drinking age among Americans should be lowered to the legal age of adulthood‚ 18 years. At this age‚ any American can marry without their Parent ’s approval and can move out of their guardian ’s house and live on their own. Why are these adults deprived of their right to
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scared to drive. Driving causes 1.3 million accidents per year. That’s about 3287 deaths a day. If you didn’t die‚ 20-50 million people become injured or disabled. Most people who suffer from driving are young adults. So should we higher the driving age to 18 or 20? As much as most young adults can’t wait to be behind the wheel‚ safety can be a real issue. Are the car crashes really worth it? Car companies are trying to create a car that stops on its own when the person is about to crash‚ but not
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the voting age be lowered to 16? Are sixteen year olds‚ mature enough to make responsible decisions? Are they prepared to live with the decisions they make? Yes‚ is the answer to both these questions. Headcount.org states‚ “In 1971‚ at the peak of the youth protests of the Baby Boom‚ the United States passed the 26th Amendment‚ lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age.” Now states‚ are looking to repeat that‚ and lower the age even more. Some states have already lowered the age‚ but not all
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that lowering the drinking age back to eighteen will lead to a domino affect of bad premonitions like rampant drinking binges‚ raving alcoholics‚ and more traffic accident deaths upon the entire nation. Realistic Alcohol Laws for Legal Youth (RALLY) is one of many major organizations dedicated to rectifying these faulty perspectives that Americans hold. Due to the irrelevance on the number of alcohol related car accidents in the 1970?s‚ the parents obligation to teach responsible drinking‚ and
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Lowering the Voting Age Do you wish that we would get a teen’s input on world events sometimes? What about getting them to vote? It’s their world too‚ shouldn’t they get to show what they want for our country? I mean they are still getting educated at school about world events. I believe that they should lower the voting age to 13. First of all‚ most of the teens in school are mature enough to truthfully vote who should be president. Evidence shows that when you vote at a younger age you are
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legal drinking age was put in place. (Hook) Over the years‚ the law has saved many people from dangerous or fatal traffic accidents but as time goes on‚ many still believe that the drinking age should be lowered‚ higher or stayed the same. The drinking age should remain the same as it already and still save lots of lives already and that the human body will be fully functional by that age. (Thesis) One reason why the drinking age should be kept at 21 is that when the person becomes the age of 18
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The policy of lowering the voting age from 18 years old to 16 years old has sparked political debates all over the United States. The main debate has originated from conservative and liberal ideals. The conservatives want to keep the voting age at 18 years old‚ while the liberals want to lower the voting age to 16 years old. This campaign has even already been successful in two Maryland cities. In Hyattsville and Takoma Park‚ Maryland‚ the voting age has been lowered to 17 and 16 years old. (Campaign)
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6.1 COMPARISON OF A POSITION ARGUMENT AND A PROPOSAL ARGUMENT |DISTINCTION |POSITION ARGUMENT |PROPOSAL ARGUMENT | |Definition of each |Proposal arguments‚ however‚ are arguments in which you |Position arguments are arguments in which you state your | | |request a change in policy or procedure of something that is|position on a certain issue and then proceed
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The Legal Drinking Age Should Be Raised By: Adrian Did you know that about 88‚000 people die a year from excessive alcohol use? Alcohol is a popular drug worldwide. It is often used at parties or clubs. Alcohol can lead to many deaths if you are not responsible with it. The drinking age is supposed to reduce deaths among young adults. Raising the drinking age has been a question for a long time. Young adults are not mature enough to make smart decisions yet because they are killing citizens and
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Catherine Andrade Professor Sassenoff English 2 – 019 2/22/2012 A Modest Proposal Argument Jonathan Swift‚ a satirical author from the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ wrote A Modest Proposal‚ in 1729 to bring to the attention of the Irish officials that the poor were in dire need of help. In this essay‚ Swift proposes that the poor sell their children to upperclassmen for ten shillings in graphic detail (Swift 3). Through this disturbing mental image that readers were not able to look away from‚ the author
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