[Kimberly GG]

Excellent comment on that youtube link: "THIS is why, when the framers drew the Constitution, you originally had to own property to be eligible to vote. "Democracies always self-destruct when the non-productive majority realizes that it can vote itself handouts from the productive minority by electing the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury." ~ James Madison, Federalist No. 10 (1787) New rule: You cannot vote if you are enrolled on welfare or other government assistance programs."

[fightinJAG]

New rule: You cannot vote if you are enrolled on welfare or other government assistance programs."

You know, at first glance you look at this from the perspective of saying it's not right, or good for the country, for folks to be able to vote themselves public money.

But there's another point: can you imagine how this rule would affect the behavior of politicians? 99% of the political motivation for entitlement programs is to BUY VOTES. If the programs themselves disqualified those voters--- IOW, no votes could be bought with the programs --- you'd see a lot less (ahem) "compassion" oozing out of congresscritters.

Even if the rule just applied to presidential elections, it would certainly be a step in the right direction!

And think what the Rats would save in "walking around money"? Not only do they have to buy their voters from the git-go. Then they have to pay them cash on the spot to get them on the bus to go down to the polls on Election Day.