Funny how we emphasize/honor/preserve most of the founders’ principles but not the one that required land ownership to qualify as a voter.
Slavery aside for a moment, imagine the vast differences across history that would have resulted if only individuals with a stake were involved in political decisions affecting their stake AND if non-qualified individuals were excluded from the vote.
The threshold of the public voting to loot the treasury was passed about 20 trillion dollars ago with no end in sight.
agree