Posted on 03/17/2013 12:29:44 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
IMHO, voters should be allowed to vote when they pay taxes, and that’s my only requirement.
suing states hwich enforce federal immigratio laws but then ignore states which ignore federal immigration law and drugs.
Seems laws are for fools today and we might as well have anarchy which some actually want by allowing anything what goes.
Seems the occupy communist lot are getting what they have always wanted, the down fall of America
Take a look at the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_foreigners_to_vote_in_the_United_States
Why is this even a question?
So any ol’ murdering Islamic terrorist or child raping alien illegally residing, er squatting in Arizona should be able to vote? Give me a break!
Voting is a state privilege - not a federal right.
Excellent point!
If you aren't qualified to vote in your state elections because of state voting laws which prohibit you from voting for reasons which aren't protected by the Constitution, then you aren't qualified to vote in federal elections either.
Probably the only reason that state voting laws are being challenged for federal elections is because of a combination dirty politics as a consequence of the Democratic & RINO agenda to unconstitutionally centralize government power in DC, and Constitution-ignorant voters.
Regarding Constitution-ignorant voters, note that the reason that people would likely get upset about being proibited from voting in federal elections is because they probably don't understand the constitutionally limited powers of the federal government. After all, in times of peace, practically the only intrastate commerce-related issue that Congress has the constitutional authority to regulate, tax and spend for is the postal service (1.8.7).
And note that not only did most citizens evidently did not initially pay for postal services as evidenced by the fact that postage stamps were not issued until about the mid-19th century (corrections welcome), but consider the following. Thomas Jefferson had noted that, initially, only the rich paid taxes to make the federal government operate.
"The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied (emphasis added). … Our revenues liberated by the discharge of the public debt, and its surplus applied to canals, roads, schools, etc., the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings." --Thomas Jefferson to Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1811.
And since only the rich used to pay taxes, with the exception of state and federal military-related training, I wonder if the federal government was nothing more than something to gossip about to pass a little free time for many pioneering voters.
Finally, as a side note to congressional elections, if the federal government was still in compliance with its Section 8-limited powers as it should be, voters would likely have to guess when asked who the current president is.
Do you happen to know if “direct taxes” authorized by the Constitution were ever levied?
It shows how far we’ve fallen. Liberalism is built on lies.
Huh? that's like the AP asking "Should drivers have to open their eyes while driving?" I mean how pathetically low have we sunk that this is even an issue???
We have bad elected officials because we have bad voters.
As long as we continue to allow the bad voters to vote, they will continue to choose bad candidates.
Universal suffrage was NOT a precept of the American revolution, nor is it intrinsic to a republican form of government. ‘Equality’ (egalitie) was the drumbeat of the French revolution, and birthed in the tradition of collectivism.
Voters should be qualified by voter tests, the least of which should be the necessity that a voter support himself and his family. A person incapable of functioning at this level is certainly not capable of choosing the leadership for the nation.
Other tests might also be appropriate, with the intention of allowing only RESPONSIBLE citizens to vote.
“Sworn statement that he or she is a citizen”
ROFL!!!!!
Liberals are just fine with filling out an intrusive, 15-page Obamacare document that pries into our lives, but somehow, having to prove citizenship is... “wrong?”
BTTT
Only in this country do we find ourselves having this conversation. Even Mexico says, “damn well better have it, or you’re going to jail.”
Exactly, I have never heard ONE politician say something like, “All we want is the same laws towards immigrants that Mexico has.”
Who would be able to argue with that?
“Si yo es Americano”
:)
This should NOT even be questioned!!! What is wrong with this stupid country.
Clearly it is much more important for me to show ID at the doctor’s office than to have to show ID to vote. The FTC instituted Red Flag Rules to prevent fraud by creditors. But voter fraud is fine with the Federal Government.
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