flyandscuba
Master
If you live in a Homeowner's Association you are familiar with these concepts.
1) If you are not a property owner -- you don't get a vote (renters don't usually count either)
2) If you are delinquent on your fee/assessment payments -- you don't get a vote.
So, maybe in the USA -- we should follow the pattern...
1) If you don't own property -- or at least pay rent -- you don't get a vote (I mean actually pay rent with money you earn from working -- not public assistance)
2) If you have tax liens outstanding -- or don't pay any taxes at all (because you are on public assistance) -- you don't get a vote
Under such rules -- how different our elections would be, and correspondingly -- our nation's government. Yeah, yeah -- those will cry and say the weak and poor would be oppressed, etc. I see it as an incentive for people to actually work and make something of themselves -- to earn the ability to vote.
Agree -- disagree? Flame on!
1) If you are not a property owner -- you don't get a vote (renters don't usually count either)
2) If you are delinquent on your fee/assessment payments -- you don't get a vote.
So, maybe in the USA -- we should follow the pattern...
1) If you don't own property -- or at least pay rent -- you don't get a vote (I mean actually pay rent with money you earn from working -- not public assistance)
2) If you have tax liens outstanding -- or don't pay any taxes at all (because you are on public assistance) -- you don't get a vote
Under such rules -- how different our elections would be, and correspondingly -- our nation's government. Yeah, yeah -- those will cry and say the weak and poor would be oppressed, etc. I see it as an incentive for people to actually work and make something of themselves -- to earn the ability to vote.
Agree -- disagree? Flame on!