no, because all the corporate campaign donors we deal with now mostly don't pay taxes. I don't like the idea because people who are too poor to pay taxes are affected by laws even if they aren't paying to enforce them. But it might be marginally more fair than the current system.
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > 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:351786 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
