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Sort of... The federal government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act[1], showing they did care. Although they don't directly enforce drinking age mins
by schumpeter 5y ago
Sort of... The federal government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act[1], showing they did care. Although they don't directly enforce drinking age mins, the carrot and the stick approach was used.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Minimum_Drinking_Age_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Minimum_Drinking_Age_...
- distrill 5y agoi'm aware of this and you're talking past the point i made. federal restrictions are stricter on voting than they are on alcohol.
- abakker 5y agoThey require proof to buy alcohol. They do not to vote. the consequences are not the only part of "requirements".
- distrill 5y agowho does? the federal government does not.
- abakker 5y agoI think this is a frame of reference issue. The I buy beer at whole foods, someone checks my ID and won't sell it to me if I don't have one. If I vote via mail in ballot, I sign my name on a sheet of paper that arrives to an unsecured mailbox. Whatever the law that applies, as an end user, beer seems to be a more restricted product.