Furthermore, the power to vote should be restricted to those who are employed or own a business, and those who pay taxes.
The input of parasites is not needed.
I have a problem with seeing a person lose their right to vote simply because they lose their job. The Democrats would endeavor to see that as many that voted Republican the last election would be pink-slipped before the next.
If I could snap my fingers and get my way, here's what would happen: every eligible American would have their vote count as it does now. Every tax-paying American would have their vote weighted by a multiple determined by the amount of federal, state and property taxes they pay. The system to track and police the application of the multiple would take some gymnastics to configure, but I think it's doable. It would eliminate this alternate reality we live in where someone who contributes nothing having their vote count as much as someone who contributes much.
Wow, a little bit much don’t you think? I’m sure you don’t realize it, but numerous Republicans have also lost their jobs and businesses in this obama economy.
As far as paying taxes, I’m assuming you mean federal or state taxes, because in reality, even those not working pay taxes of sort. They can’t buy non food items with food stamps, so they pay taxes on paper products such as toilet paper, cigarette and beer taxes as well.
Maybe you should rethink your hosier-than-thou attitude.
That could get tricky. It could take the right to vote away from senior citizens, who tend to be more conservative voters.
If the right to vote were restricted to those who've been US citizens at least five years, it would stop a lot of mischief.
In OH last election, nobody's talking about what might have been the real problems. Vote-by-mail means anyone could get a ballot for someone, fill it in, get some sort of signature, and mail it. Another issue: early voting happens at polling places away from ones home polling place. Nobody really knows what happens to those votes when for instance voters from Cleveland's suburbs go to an east-side location to vote early.
To make it fair again, people would have to report to a local place on election day, and the votes would have to be counted without technology.
If it's local, people will keep an eye on it. And you know what? The less responsible voters probably won't be as likely to vote.