I believe there should be property requirements for voting.
The Founding Fathers thought that only people who had a stake in the country should have a vote. That has changed. Has it changed for the better? I don’t think so.
No it sounds like early America...
Only people with a stake in the country should have a vote.
So that sounds to me like only net-tax-payers, property owners, and veterans (their stake is the skin they risked).
I don’t know how you work that out in practical terms.
We need to fix the tax system not change the voting to how much people pay taxes.
His plan would allow the 1% to control the govt. Which they pretty much do now anyway.
A more realistic proposal would be to have a two America governing system. Those who wanted a monarch and a privy council instead of an executive branch and congress would be locked out of voting for any other offices.
The monarch and privy council would get the same percentage of federal receipts as their monarch garnered in total votes in the previous election election cycle. They could use it for Obama phones, vacations and salaries for the ruling class, EBT cards for their voters or anything else they liked.
When, not if, they ran out of money, they would have to go to the parallel constitutionally elected executive and congress who would be free to provide or not provide additional revenue shares based on how they managed things going forward. Sort of like a board of trustees overseeing a bankrupt organization.
The moronic half of America would have their votes, breads, circuses and other free stuff. The conservative half would have responsible government which might actually generate more revenue for the moronic half.
AS if it would ever happen, but:
For every 20 grand you pay in federal tax dollars you should get a vote. 2 for 40, 3 for 60.... &c.
I also think that only land-owning citizens should have voting rights.
If you receive a check with any Federal logo on it you should not be able to vote because of a direct conflict of interest.
If the Fed is your bread and butter then you cannot be counted on to do what’s right when tough choices are called upon.
Tom Perkins’ recommendation is hereby awarded the Milton Miteybad Seal of Approval.
If you are on government support, you shouldn’t be voting.
One man one vote presumes equal representation, but progressive taxation is not equal responsibility. The rich guy has a point, but the problem is unequal taxation.
His plan is very viable.
When a person goes to vote they would have to bring a card from the IRS that shows their income for the previous year.
If their income was $125,000 they would have 125,000 votes and the person with an income of $20,0000 would get 20,000 votes.
I appreciate what the guy is saying. The rich do get screwed. But I have a different solution. Flat tax and everyone pays taxes with exceptions for those with no income. That way just about everyone has some skin in the game.
It’s about time somebody said it. How fair is it that some deadbeat parasite who has never worked a day in his life gets to vote himself a share of my money?
Mr Perkins is an idiot although i’ve long felt that veterans should have 2 votes and currently active troops should have 3 votes. And of course only US citizens should have any vote at all.
In all other occupational situations in life, the people who select their employees must be knowledgable about the requirements of the job and will review the qualifications of job candidates before selecting someone to hire.
However, when it comes to selecting (voting for) a government representative, we encourage everyone to select an applicant even though few of the voters understand the position for which the applicant is applying and few of the voters know much about the applicant. We allow voting among people who will have no costs if their applicant (candidate) wins but will reap rewards as offered by their candidate.
Voting should require knowledge of government and the candidates. Voting should require responsibility for the choices of the person who is elected by the voter. Without these requirements, voting becomes a destructive game.