OK that sounds like a very fast track to either living in even more of a plutocracy than we have now, or almost a guarantee of a military dictatorship.
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think only taxpayers should be allowed to vote. You get one vote > for each dollar you pay in taxes. > > Oh, and those who serve in the military get votes and don't have to > pay taxes ever. > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> "How about a non voter's tax. 5% of your income for each time you did not >> vote in national or state elections in the previous year. Otherwise a wall >> of shame where the photos of those who do not vote are publicized, and >> mocked." >> >> >> Just to show how ridiculous this is, let's consider a .5% tax to vote. >> We'll call it a poll tax > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351781 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
