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Actually, this isn’t a public school problem. It’s manifest by the democrats, but the problem began AFTER the US Constitution was written.

James Madison described the problem this way:

The right of suffrage is a fundamental Article in Republican Constitutions. The regulation of it is, at the same time, a task of peculiar delicacy. Allow the right [to vote] exclusively to property [owners], and the rights of persons may be oppressed... . Extend it equally to all, and the rights of property [owners] ...may be overruled by a majority without property....

Point is, by the US Constitution and founding fathers, you had to OWN property to be eligible to vote for a reason. Without this, you can VOTE yourself money and other peoples goods/services. When people who don’t pay into the Federal government in TAXES are allowed to vote for Federal government candidates, we have a problem.

Now...49% of Americans DON’T pay Federal income taxes. The way to make the Republic work is to make the INELIGIBLE to vote. Problem fixed.

the problem began AFTER the US Constitution was written.

One word in error. The problem began after the Constitution was amended.

The first ten were necessary, all after the first ten IMHO were questionable and were placed by Congress NOT the Founding Fathers.

Point is, by the US Constitution and founding fathers, you had to OWN property to be eligible to vote for a reason. Without this, you can VOTE yourself money and other peoples goods/services. When people who don’t pay into the Federal government in TAXES are allowed to vote for Federal government candidates, we have a problem.

And it was a good system, but it's gonna be hard to impossible to go back.

But, we should at least get something similar, give a couple categories that allow one to vote:
- Own landed property, in your name or your spouse's. No 50-way shared property, no businesses transferring their 'vote' to 1000s of 'owners'.
- Minimum 6 years military service (Active, Guard, or Reserve) with honorable discharge will exempt you from the landed requirement.
- Maybe add in net taxpayers. Not every productive citizen wants to own a house or deal with land (stupid city councils, property taxes, liabilities, etc). Many prefer the lifestyle of renting or only owning an RV and being free and mobile. And by net taxpayer, I mean taxes paid minus ALL welfare, not just an IRS stub saying you paid em twenty bucks. (Military pensions, SS checks, stuff like that are not considered welfare.)