“Skin in the game” is the reason the founding fathers limited voting to property owners; anyone else could simply move on if things didn’t work out. I support a similar system, though not linked to property ownership (since there are many more ways for someone to contribute tax revenue that 200 years ago); while I own a home, people who are net contributors through any combination of taxes should be able to vote - while those who are net takers should not. This could be a cumulative measure (so retirees or people on disability who have paid for years or decades aren’t disenfranchised); I don’t have specifics, but allowing people who contribute nothing and never intend to contribute anything to have a voice in how the net contributors’ money is spent inevitably involves the net takers (gibsmedats) steering other peoples’ money to themselves.
This issue is coming to a head in many urban areas (soon to be whole states) where services are rapidly disappearing because there are no current revenues. Importing foreigners to keep housing and classrooms occupied while keeping the public employee caste on the gravy train worsens the matter; those fleeing these areas are usually the net contributors, while those remaining as well as those trafficked in from abroad are usually net takers. I have no sympathy for those trapped in violent, decaying areas because 99% of the time they are of the net taker population; if they can’t afford goods and services on their own (including police protection), then they simply don’t get them.
exactly. Anyone on social services should NOT be able to vote. This does not include social security recipients over the age of 60.
I work with a woman whose husband is “100% disabled” yet manages to run a dog breeding business in her name. He has a “bad back” but yet routinely hosts large Labrador retrievers in and out of kennels, 60 lb plus bags of dog food, etc.
Very well stated.
Any chance of you getting a high level post in the Trump administration?
This has been my view for a long time, though you have much better ideas on how to factor previously productive retirees into the equation.
Great post! Great post! Great post!