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In reply to the discussion: Vermont bill would ban cellphones for anyone under 21 [View all]Wolf Frankula
(3,600 posts)63. 21 is the Magic Number Because
it is a magic number. It is the product of the number 3, the number of the trinity, and the number 7, the magic number. It's just superstitious twaddle.
But if we take away their cell phones, let Vermont institute the 'Youth Wage'. People under 21 can be paid a dollar a day. And have the 'I know what I said but' clause. That's where an employer can say on payday to workers under 21, "I know what I said but that was then and this is now. You don't get paid."
That fool needs to be voted out of office.
Wolf
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Well, I didn't have a cell phone either when I was a teenager since I was born in 1958
phylny
Jan 2020
#27
This just bolsters Republican talking points about how Dems want to micromanage our lives.
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2020
#5
That was my first though. What is he thinking. I know there is a problem, but his
Blue_true
Jan 2020
#31
Somehow people have been raising kids for thousands of years without digital surveillance.
Coventina
Jan 2020
#37
Or maybe people want to be able to find their child after the next school shooting
krawhitham
Jan 2020
#65
It's a pretty stupid point he's making, and it's a shame he's a Democrat
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#11
you can own and carry an unregistered gun at 18 in vt without a permjit.....
getagrip_already
Jan 2020
#12
Car wrecks in general kill teens as much. Does the driver's license age need to go to 21?
Dennis Donovan
Jan 2020
#18
Perhaps he can mandate a re-establishment of the buggy whip industry while he's at it!
bullwinkle428
Jan 2020
#21
In our extended family we were trying to hold out on cell phones until high school
hunter
Jan 2020
#43
Guess kids with Type 1 Diabetes will have to monitor themselves the old-fashioned way.
Ms. Toad
Jan 2020
#54
I'm an older Gen Xer, and my mom has said she wished we have cellphones then
obamanut2012
Jan 2020
#62