Under 18 class action suit - no taxation without representation

[paineinthearse]

Since all US citizens under 18 are disenfranchised from voting and are being affected byt the record deficit, would it be possibe for them to join a class action suit against *?

The premis would be based on "no taxaction without representation". They are not old enough to vote, yet the payment for the bond obligation will be on their shoulders.

Shouldn't their voice be heard in a federal class action suit?

[MileHiStealth]

1. They also pay income and sales taxes ...

[Toots]

2. I like the way you think

I don't think minors can enter into a legal contract or innitiate a law suit. I certainly could be wrong but that is my understanding of the law.

[TwilightZone]

3. Actually, they have representation. They just don't get to vote.

Everyone in the US is represented by their members of Congress. Well, except for DC, that is.

People under 18 are represented, just like everyone else who doesn't vote.

[adwon]

4. No

They don't get to vote because they're under the age of majority. The reason there's an age of majority is to provide people with a defined amount of time to mature and prepare to take on adult responsibilities. As it stands, a minor is better protected under the law than adults with serious mental disorders. In order to get the vote, they have to give up the protections. This assumes a level of sophistication that just isn't present in children. The policy to give them time to grow up is much better.

[strategery blunder]

6. Then they shouldn't have to pay taxes either n/t

[adwon]

7. That's a false distinction

One might as well bar minors from working at all in order to prevent them from having to pay taxes.

Minors have some protections from certain aspects of the law, but they do not have absolute immunities. A minor who buys a car for necessary transportation, to pay bills, will be held accountable for breach of contract. A minor who lives at home may be allowed to exit the contract. The legal point of view is that children are not fully competent to assume all the roles of full citizens. Not being competent to assume all the roles does not mean that they can't assume some roles. If minors want to work, they still get protections that adults don't get. They are not required to work, however. Paying taxes is just part of the deal.

[RedCappedBandit]

5. Working and paying taxes

While not being permitted to vote bothers me very much.

[banana republican]

8. Actually they are taxed without representation.

Some parents have transferred money to their children and allowed the children to to be taxed on the gains from stocks & bonds that they have invested in. This was used to reduce the parents taxes since the children were in a much lower tax bracket.

Although the money is in the childrens name; since they are minors; the parents controlled the money in those accounts. So the real question is who's money is it? The parents or the childs?

This is different from a child who has a paper route or works at Mc Donalds. In these cases the child is taxed based on the amount that they earn; However; they cannot vote as to how those funds are appropriated.