Posted on 02/14/2014 11:03:21 AM PST by C19fan
A billionaire venture capitalist has made the controversial suggestion that the rich should get more votes than the poor- and some shouldn't be allowed to have a say at all. Tom Perkins, whose personal net worth is believed to be around $8billion, has suggested that only American taxpayers should be allowed to vote in the U.S. and that those who pay more in taxes should be allotted more votes. 'The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes,' he said at an event in San Francisco on Thursday.
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So did the ancient Romans.
I do not consider SS to be a gov’t benefit. I paid SS payments for fifty years as insurance against starving in my old age. If I had not lost both shoulders to arthritis, I would still be working. So, yeah, I think I have earned my right to vote.
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