Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
You could also illustrate it the other way: imagine a system where every full dollar paid in [federal] taxes gave that citizen 1 ‘vote’ [though a citizen could NOT split his ‘votes’ up; they would have to be en block].
The “Soak the rich” policies suddenly bite the “freeloaders” in the ass... the poor would have no votes at all and “the rich” would easily be able to ‘buy’ the candidate they want.
{Of course there is something to note about such a system, decreasing your taxes decreases the power you would have in voting; and raising taxes for others would be equivalent to giving them power.}
And let’s not forget that Government employees don’t really pay taxes on their salaries. The “taxes” are deducted in a bookkeeping slight of hand; the tax-paying citizens, who are paying the Goverment workers’ salaries, are also paying the taxes.
VietVet
I don’t think I’d be comfortable with any 10% of the population having 73% of the votes.
Full circle...
No Representation without Taxation. If you have no skin in the game, you’re out!
It’s like the old riddle.
Q: When at a party, who gets the last slice of pizza?
A: The person who paid for it.
I say a flat 15% divided equally between a 7.5% sales tax and a 7.5% income tax.
“Those who cannot contribute are not allowed to retain their (voting) rights of citizenship.” - Aristotle
No taxation without representation.
No representation without taxation.
If I pay twice as much tax as the other guy, why shouldn’t my vote count twice as much as his?
What that says is that the middle class is shrinking and the lower class is expanding. The rich are getting richer and in many cases their wealth is obscene.
Again, I think for this to work at all, it would have to be based on tax liabilities, not one what amount of tax is actually "paid." A taxpayer should not be "punished" for good tax planning -- and if the feds don't like that, then change the tax code so it is more like a flat tax.
How about this, Williams? Every American gets to vote for President. Only those with tax liabilities get to vote for congresscritters and senators. Think about it.
And here's another idea: Every American gets to vote for President, but come up with a way to tie a percentage of a State's Electors to the Electoral College to the State's taxpayers.
Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment. Problem basically solved.
That sounds a lot like what Obama told "Joe the Plumber" during the '08 election!!!