In several places just after the revolution, only property owners could vote. I think productive labor is a better indicator of good citizenship, but that's going down the right path, at least.
Well, as a (net) taxPAYER, with a dependent wife and children, I respectfully disagree with the idea that a stay-at-home mom should not be given the right to vote, so long as her name appears on a joint tax return with her husband.
I’d rather there be MORE stay-at-home moms, so long as they have husbands who carry the load (as I do).
In our “keep up with the Jones” society, I believe people have become convinced that it takes two incomes to live. It doesn’t, so long as we’re willing to give up certain luxuries.