Posted on 02/22/2025 6:51:10 AM PST by madison10
There is extraneous opinion in there, BUT the key is where Walberg says if a person cannot get a $200 passport they cannot vote. It is the SAVE Act, sponsored by several Republicans, that requires a passport to vote. Women would have to provide proof of oorher names. This is insane, and like a poll tax. Even if the passport only costs $35, NO ONE should have to pay to
To post an opinion article and not state your opinion of it is odd.
Are you for or against what he is saying..otherwise, the thread really makes no sense.
Ooher=other
I disagree. People who don’t pay taxes shouldn’t vote.
Does this Walberg have a first name?
I agree with that, but no one should have to BUY a passport.
Timothy.
I disagree. Voting is a right that cannot be infringed once a person has proven their citizenship. I support ID, in order to vote, but an ID should be required.
That would be like saying that you have to have a passport to own a gun.
Yes, the author of the post was a bit rude.
Yes.
> People who don’t pay taxes shouldn’t vote. <
Instead I’d argue that everyone should pay taxes. Too many voters pay nothing. They have no skin in the game.
Perhaps the minimum payment should be $50 or $100. Writing out that check will wake a lot of people up.
A passport is for travelling abroad. It is not for living a normal life in the U.S. I have a passport because my wife’s family is in Canada and my Driver’s License is not RealID. It came in handy even before RealID was a thing because shortly before my father-in-law’s death I received a speeding ticket. The local cop took my license, gave me a piece of paper and said “This is your driver’s license until this is resolved.” (I was going 32 in 15 mph school zone, so special rules applied.) The Passport saved the day for air travel.
While a Passport shows Citizenship, it doesn’t show current address, so folks with passports in Chicago can continue to bus into Wisconsin to mess up elections.
People who don’t pay taxes shouldn’t vote.Only homeowners should vote. Otherwise, they have no skin in the game.
What’s wrong with real ID driver’s licenses? I had to provide a certified BC to get one.costs only slightly more than a regular license the first time and regular renewals after that.
If you can’t afford a $200 Passport you sure as heel can’t afford to travel over seas.
DUH light comes on
You should have a valid Government ID to vote — one that verifies you are a US citizen.
And, yeah, ideally you should have some skin-in-the-game too. Someone who is a perpetual client of Government sevices should not be voting. But this latter is just my 2 cents.
I got a RealID. All I had to do was show my birth certificate and I don’t think it cost more here. No big deal.
Why?
To travel, you need a passport. I've bought every passport I've ever owned.
Agree if you mean to vote, a real ID driver license or state ID should suffice.
Those aren't free either.
Perhaps a free voter ID card with biometrics, and duplicate biometrics are flagged as voter fraud if they are used to attempt to vote multiple times, with instant arrest/detention...
People who are directly funded by the government shouldn’t vote, it’s a conflict of interest.
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