The Founders were adamant about not granting the franchise to morons, women, those under 21, and non tax payers.
The politicians failed to heed their warning, and all of those groups have now been enfranchised via Constitutional amendment and are the reason this Republic cannot possibly endure.
The enemies of Freedom are all around us, the 50 % of Americans that continue vote Democrat.
A populace that gave the maniac algore the popular vote in 2000, elected Bill Clinton twice, and now puts a communist crypto-muslim in the White House is a populace and nation that has only darkness and despair on the horizon.
This Republic will fall, as the non taxpayers will continue to support those politicians who will redistribute money in exchange for votes.
Lets hope that in the new one that rises from its ashes, only taxpayers and veterans are entrusted to have a say on who may govern.
Absolutely dead-on, FRiend. I have certainly come around to this way of thinking, as well. If you aren’t a taxpayer, you do NOT vote, period.
I’ll also add another essential ingredient: term limits. We must eliminate “career politician” from our political lexicon. It’s time to return to the concept of “citizen legislators”.
I fear that the necessary change will come only after cataclysmic events in this country, as the Dems’ demagoguery will be used to ward off any meaningful cuts in government. With the huge number of freeloaders who are currently dependent on the teat of government handouts and a servile media bent on propping up an interloper, there will be no drastic changes without a major fight.