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I know the Easter holiday is winding down, but I wanted to share this letter before it came to an end. Ibukun Olumuyiwa is a subscriber to the Editorial Board. He’s also a man of the Christian faith, a believer. He wrote in response to Wednesday’s edition in
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They're not as far apart as you think.
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They won't have the influence they had four years ago.
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Here's why that matters to our political discourse.
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Federal government under GOP control will take your money and your votes.
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Pay attention to who's doing what to whom.
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Incompetent? Yes. Arrogant? My god! But there's more.
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It’s not as crazy as it sounds. The voting age has always been more or less arbitrary. It was 21 before it was 18, the age an American can be drafted into fighting a war. The argument that grown ups are more rational, and therefore more capable and responsible,
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The rich get richer. The rest get whatever’s coming to them.