[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Unfortunately, this rational argument has already been lost. I applaud the courage of the author to suggest only those who own property should vote on matters affecting property taxes. At the birth of this nation, only those who owned property could vote. Period. The curse of universal suffrage and majority rule is the people without property can vote themselves the property of others. That is exactly what they have done.

[TheEngineer]

Bump! Totally agree. The right to vote would then be another reward waiting for people if they improve their lot in life. The way it is now, the "net takers" can just vote for "wealth redistribution". If our court system had any cajones, then they would be protecting the right to ownership of income, property, estates handed down after death, etc. Instead, they spend their energy on helping the vote process for a bunch of retards who cannot even read simple instructions on a punch-card ballot.

[A2J]

I applaud the courage of the author to suggest only those who own property should vote on matters affecting property taxes.

And what about those from other countries who own vast amounts of land in the U.S.?

Do we really want them voting?

[Twodees]

Unfortunately, this rational argument has already been lost. I applaud the courage of the author to suggest only those who own property should vote on matters affecting property taxes. At the birth of this nation, only those who owned property could vote. Period. The curse of universal suffrage and majority rule is the people without property can vote themselves the property of others. That is exactly what they have done.

Good observations. The rule that only property owners were be allowed to vote was based on the obvious fact that only those who pay taxes should have the privilege of voting for officers whose authority is such that they can levy taxes and spend the revenues gained for the state. Taxpayers were landowners in those early days before so many kinds of taxes were created.

That idea is still very valid; only those who pay taxes should have the privilege of voting for those who levy and spend tax revenues. Welfare recipients should not be allowed to become a bloc of voters.

The 14th through 17th amendments should all be rescinded in order to restore our republican form of government to its original design. The kind of government we have now, thanks to those four amendments, is that of a legislative democracy. That is not the form of government laid out in the original articles of the Constitution.

[Bill Davis FR]

The curse of universal suffrage and majority rule is the people without property can vote themselves the property of others. That is exactly what they have done.

thats exactly what has happened... .