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To: AndyJackson
Actually those foolish founding fathers wanted a system where only property owners could vote.

Only property owners paid taxes.

Therefore only those who paid taxes could vote. So people who didn’t pay taxes couldn’t vote tax increases on those who do.

Some of that wisdom was lost along the way to the modern world...

72 posted on 12/18/2007 12:09:19 AM PST by DB
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To: DB

It would be VERY wise, and VERY unlikely to happen,

but only those who are net tax payers should vote.

Net tax receivers should not be allowed to vote.


76 posted on 12/18/2007 6:45:03 AM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: DB
Therefore only those who paid taxes could vote.

IT is one thing to require that you pay property taxes to vote. It is another thing to apportion voting power according to wealth or amount of taxes paid. As said per these statistics, 1% of the voters would control 39% of the voting power, and 5% would control well over 50% of the votes I think.

79 posted on 12/18/2007 9:24:12 AM PST by AndyJackson
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