Posted on 10/02/2012 9:35:34 AM PDT by bkopto
I think originally the founding fathers only wanted property owners to vote. Maybe not such a bad idea.
Who gets to decide who’s intelligent?
It’s a great idea, inspired, even...
Property ownership is a proxy for having the character necessary to make an informed choice in an election.
I still think we need to go back to land/home ownership as a prerequisite to vote.
I will decide who gets to vote.
Its up to the individual states.
End of story.
Why, the government obviously, donchaknow...
” Who gets to decide who’s intelligent?”
I do. Democrats ain’t gonna like it. Oh well.
Last week I heard a caller to a national radio show state we now have “Representation without Taxation”. A complete flip from what was the underlying sentiment over the Revolutionary War.
I am for going back to the landowner prevision or the federal tax prevision. Before we had an income tax, the bulk of taxes collected came from property tax. No property, no tax, no vote. Now that people with no skin the game can vote they have no issue with voting themselves greater and more costly benefits. The “Representation without taxation” is eating us alive.
Maybe show proof of local taxes to vote locally, state tax for statewide election and Federal tax to vote in National elections or those with National implications like Representative or Senator.
I like Heinleins solution in Starship Troopers. Only veterans vote. Everyone gets a chance to be a veteran.
No, no, no! We can’t have a change in OMOV!....while idiot Democrat voters are willing to trash nearly every other Consitutional Protection afforded to Americans, they are not prepared to even consider the option of voter value and worth....they’d lose their entitlements.
“Representation without Taxation” IS
“Taxation without Representation”,
because those untaxed voters cancel out the votes of the taxed voters.
This is fantasy land.
” members of each branch of government are elected directly by the people,...”
really? i didnt’ know that we directly elected members of the supreme court...
She probably (very likely) has 3 to 4 fine young man-youths that are “promising, promising I tell you - good boys” “Weren’t no need to shoot Tyrell jess because he pulled a gat on a PoPo.” “He a good student - them cops wuz razist.”
I’m very good at making that determination, Danny. I can usually tell by the shapes of their heads and their vacant stares.
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