I have my own problems with universal sufferage which I have discussed before, but this makes no sense: “If you are a business executive, CEO, manager, or employee of a company that receives subsidies, no vote.”
Wouldn’t that eliminate employees of most big business in the US, including the defense industry, banking, construction, agriculture, petroleum, coal, etc.?
My idea is to give everyone over 18 a vote as it is today, and then set some sort of income standard for additional votes, eg, for every $100,000 in income you get an additional vote.
So, someone who makes $250,000 would get three votes. A person earning $90,000 would get one vote. There would have to be some sort of upper limit cut-off so Bill Gates doesn’t get 50 thousand votes.
Of course, these are utopian ideas and would be impossible in the US as it is today. Maybe if there is another revolution and a new constitution created, these kind of ideas might be realizable.
Why should someone who makes more get more votes? I’m curious to understand the logic there. Obviously I realize we’re talking about hypotheticals, but there’s already a perception that money buys power.
that's because most of these companies are lobbying with their wallets instead of their conscience. How would you like it if you ran a business and your competitors were getting taxpayer funds from your business to get a leg up over people like you? This happened to an IGA owner in Ohio. A Super Walmart moved in with help from taxpayer dollars. They got 5 million just to move in not to mention big bucks in federal money they get every year. The local IGA got nothing and couldn't compete against them as a result and the IGA went out of business. They had no money from the big government. It gave only to that Walmart.
Here, take a look at this you tube video to see my point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDEO9ipned0
They lobby for these dumb congressmen and in exchange they vote for all these programs that go to benefiting the companies that bribe them. The Rinos and the Dems do it all the time. Think also pork barrel projects.
I do like the idea of giving voting power to certain people but it should be based on something other than financial worth. People who are citizens, who are veterans, who contribute to society should get more power.