Didn't think so...
Sorta like the NBA draft lottery?
I would rather they take away the right to vote for people on public assistance. If you are getting a free ride, you do not have a right to steer the car.
We used to have these idiotic discussions about the electoral college... in middle school. Then we learned that the United States is plursl and not singular and it made sense.
Remember, now, that Ezra Klein is one of the left's best and brightest, a profound thinker, indeed, one of their leading young intellectuals, a charter member of the socialist elite.
All of which serves to make him an...
...idjit.
I like this idea- how about you get one vote for every dollar you pay in taxes?
Sounds like divisive vitriol, if you ask me.
OK Ezra, how bout this? How bout you get one vote for every dollar in federal taxes you pay? THATS what I call weighting.
Not a bad idea. Here's how I would weight it: Taxpayers get one vote each. Non taxpayers get zero votes each. Uniformed military members get 1.5 votes each, all other government employees get .5 votes each.
Wouldn’t that reduce the deceased voters power?
Klein is inadvertently wandering into territory that he's not fully aware of. But sure, pry open Pandora's box, and see what you get.
In fact, I'll start.
Voting should be limited to (or the voting power increased at a certain percentage for) veterans, mothers, people with jobs, landowners, or business owners.
Voting should be denied to felons, people on public assistance, deadbeat parents, and people without identification cards that prove which category they're in.
Comments?
Oh, that Ezra, always kidding around. I remember when he put the fake dog sh_t on the floor at the Washington Post’s farewell party. They ran it as one of his stories. I think it was up for a Pullitzer.
Good lord.....how long before one of these boneheads suggests that we pick the President the same way as American Idol ???
The Constitution explained in EXACTLY 500 words:
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2010/12/the-constitution-is-very-important.html
I support proportional voting - based on taxes paid.
Just raise the voting age to 40.
He also recently claimed the constitution is outdated because it it over 100 years old. He is a joke, the MSM keeps giving him venues.
What a maroon.