But my goal is to provoke discussion.
Seriously, I do not think excluding people from the political process is the means to solving anything. It creates a group of second-class citizens which will eventually cause another set of problems.
Instead, let's solve the problem by making sure that an overwhelming majority of people have skin in the game.
First off, I'd repeal the 16th Amendment. No income tax.
Then, I would institute a Federal Sales tax on everything not necessary to survival (exempting food, primary residence, medical care, and the energy to heat/cool/light that primary residence). Transfers of property to relatives would not be taxed, including one's estate.
Even the underground economy would be paying taxes, and there would be no cutoff age nor income level.
I would reduce the Federal Budget by 10%/year as well, until the budget balanced.
And, though I won't discuss it on this thread (not germane), I'd eliminate entire departments not called for in the Constitution.
Repeal the 17th Amendment as well.
IMHO, the next best (aside from 16-17th repeal) would be to apportion the Fed budget by State based on population; then watch the States and the People finally take note when they have to write a check for the taxes for all their wants/needs and wishes
I’ve sketched out a plan that would eliminate all direct federal taxes and instead allow state legislatures to collect taxes that would be used to purchase whatever services that state desires from the federal menu. That would reassert local control over taxable mandates, restore accountability for tax increases, and erase much of the redistributionist apparatus. And it would once again make the Union the servant of the State instead of vice versa.