Yes, the 24th Amendment needs to have the words, “or other tax” repealed. The way the amendment is interpreted right now, freeloaders can freely vote for politicians who will just give them money; the cancellation or postponement of student loan debts is an example of freeloaders running wild.
Keeping freeloaders from voting was an intention of the Founders. Representation proportional to what someone pays in income/property taxes would be the best scenario under our current system. Abolishing the IRS and income taxation would be even better, as using property taxes as the determiner of the proportion of representation would put some power back into local government and take said power away from the Feds.
I don’t think a poll tax is really the best decision, but it was better than allowing the freeloaders to vote unhindered.
<>Keeping freeloaders from voting was an intention of the Founders.<>
Not exactly. By the time of the constitution, northern states were moving toward universal adult male suffrage.
But . . . the Framers also knew the danger of democracy. They balanced popular whims with a senate of the states. Give the people extensive representation, but heaven forbid giving them the entire show.
If we are to restore republican freedoms, an Article V convention to propose structural changes to the government is our only hope. The 17th Amendment must go.