[VanShuyten]

I am for restricting voting rights to citizens who pay taxes. Then the 40% of wage-earners who DON"T pay might think its worth it. Also, the one's who aren't working might think it worthwhile to get a job. There will be complaints from stay-at-home moms and the like, but this would encourage even them to be involved in the creation of wealth. The only problem with this is the government declaring welfare as "earned income". Ooops, I guess they already do.

In several places just after the revolution, only property owners could vote. I think productive labor is a better indicator of good citizenship, but that's going down the right path, at least.

[RangerM]

Well, as a (net) taxPAYER, with a dependent wife and children, I respectfully disagree with the idea that a stay-at-home mom should not be given the right to vote, so long as her name appears on a joint tax return with her husband.

I’d rather there be MORE stay-at-home moms, so long as they have husbands who carry the load (as I do).

In our “keep up with the Jones” society, I believe people have become convinced that it takes two incomes to live. It doesn’t, so long as we’re willing to give up certain luxuries.