In the 1960’s and 1970’s when many states had lowered the MLDA, besides the rise in drunk-driving deaths, studies showed that people raised from childhood in under-21 states were involved in higher rates of alcohol and drug use as adults, and had a higher rate of homicides and suicides. (Moses, 2011) This in turn convinced federal law makers to raise the MLDA again to 21. However, in order to encourage states to comply, the federal government would tighten their purse strings and states would receive little or no funding towards highways. So while there are those who do not necessarily care one way or the other about the actual age limit on alcohol consumption, they do prefer having the federal
We cannot legally purchase a handgun, gamble in a casino, or adopt a child until the age of twenty one. These are a high level of responsibility and our leaders and patrons feel they are at equal levels. Our Minimum Legal Drinking Age has reduced traffic accidents and fatalities. 100 of 102 analyses inquired in a 202 meta-study found that a higher legal drinking age associates with lower rates of automobile accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated a 13% decrease in car fatalities in 1975-2008 saving approximately 27,052 lives since then.
The drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18. I feel that for many reasons including that people are adults at that age and should be able to make their own decisions.When you are 18, you receive many important rights such as the right to vote, the right to get married, the right to buy smokes, to get a credit card.It's when your adulthood begins. I think that those rights that I have just stated requires a huge risponsibility, even more responsibility than that you have when you need to control your drinking. Think thatyou are not allowed to dring at your wedding. How does it sound?What I mean is if you can do all these at the age of 18, why cant make your own decisions about alcohol consumption?
Economist believes that this system will do nothing to control cost but the budget office believes the bill will reduce the cost over a ten-year period. The cost concerns affected Americans because it helped Republicans win control over the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections and they also threatened to remove government funding. This reform also affected Doctors in the United States. Lifesitenews.com states that Doctors believe this Health Care reform will not be fair to them because the nurse practitioners and physicians assistant will be caring for the Patients hands on rather than the doctors even though they have more medical experience. His next plan of action was by using budget deficits which stop
I think that the drinking age is too high and should be lowered to the age of 18. Individuals at the age of 18 are legally considered adults. Once a person reaches the age of 18 they are considered old enough to vote, serve in the army, and purchase cigarettes. With all the responsibilities that come with being an adult why is the consumption of alcohol not one of them? "It just doesn't sit right with me that people [at the age of 18] have the right to do everything else, including serve their country, but don't have the right to consume alcohol," said Republican, Richard Marron.
Trevor Chattin ENG-112 Mrs. Kurtz Modern Prohibition: The Drinking Age Debate In 1984, a bill was proposed to the U.S. congress to raise the national legal drinking age to 21 from 18 years old. The bill was proposed due to the high rates of drunk-driving incidents during the time period. The ideas of promoting responsibility and safety into young American adults were among the most popular pushes behind the legislation. Not only was this bill proposed, but it was passed through congress and is now a nation-wide law. The 21-and-over drinking laws have actually made for a more dangerous environment for American teenagers by prompting them to do their drinking in private, unsupervised environments.
Erin Young English 101 Online Hour – October 22, 2010 The Drinking Age Debate Too Young to have fun is an online database article discussing the drinking age. In 1984 the Reagan administration ordered all the states to rise their drinking age to 21 or loose 10% of their federal highway funds. In some states, that would mean losing up to $50 million dollars. They purposed this change thinking that it would somehow curve underage drinking but it only made it worse causing criminal records to rise, even though the fatalities among underage drunk drivers declined by 13%. I believe this article supported my decision about lowering the drinking age because the article insinuated that by raising the drinking age, more deaths occurred as well
The first presidential debate and both president Obama and Romney agreed that their corporate taxes are too high. So they agree to try and take the percentage down to 25 percent. Obama however is trying to get most of the companies that were shipped oversea to come back to the United States with the incentives that there will be a tax break. They also agreed on boosting America’s energy production however that tides into the extremely high prices of gas that we have had in years. They both have agreed to look at different types of energy
B) With all the wealth made by the modern day robin hoods, many Americans started to change their view on prohibition, as they saw how much the economy and society suffered without the legalization of alcohol. III Main Point 2 The Great Depression was solitified with the decrease of income from the taxation of alcohol. The country relies on every tax it creates and once the country starts to reduce taxes, the economy faces a domino effect financially. • The beginning of the Great Depression In the late 1920’s caused a huge change in American opinion about Prohibition. • The Economy’s issues had crippled the country financially; legalizing Alcohol could provide some relief as a taxable product as it once was.
European countries have a lower legal drinking and appear to have lesser alcohol related problems. Trying to enforce the drinking age of 21 is ineffective and pricey. Even though the law says one has to be 21, teen drinking is a major problem and there will never be a way to stop it. It would be more effective to spend money on educating the youth about how to drink responsibly rather than attempt to enforce the drinking age of 21 and continuously waste money and effort.” For 21 years, the legal drinking age has been set at 21 years. This has been an issue topic for quite some time now, and more states are considering revising the law.