Some people see a danger in having the majority of people who vote paying no taxes. They could easily elect some self interested Pols (imagine that!) who would do their bidding and confiscate an ever increasing portion of the wealth of the people who DO pay taxes. On the other hand, I can imagine some fairly horrendous scenarios in giving a small group of people super votes.
On Jul 21, 12:38 am, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > The only acceptable answer is one (eligible) person, one vote. All > votes must be weighted the same and all eligible people who wish to > vote must be allowed to (and that vote has to actually be counted). > > I'm not at all certain that the greater danger is not from the lazy > non-contributors with a vote, but rather the rich and powerful > wielding 10x vote privilege. That someone earns more and pays more tax > than me doesn't mean their vote should count more than mine. If you > wish to marginalize the poor and the lazy non-contributors, then you > also have to marginalize the wealthy. Both have agendas that are not > looking out for the majority of the population - the middle class. > > Enact term limits on Congress, eliminate PAC’s and lobbyists and > implement a fair tax system and this question becomes moot. > > On Jul 20, 10:15 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On another forum a certain conservative poster who goes by the nic of > > The Supreme Turtle pretty much openly posed that question. I quote his > > words" "if you pay 100k in taxes you should have ten times the votes > > of someone who pays 10K" End quote. > > > Well , I made my feelings about such a statement pretty clear but am > > most curious about what posters here think of that. Fire away folks, > > what do you think? > > Should the U.S. be ruled by the rich? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
