This question has been asked here before, but it did not offer reasonable choices. Let's therefore try this again.
No .. but the rich should be denied the right to vote.This question has been asked here before, but it did not offer reasonable choices. Let's therefore try this again.
No .. but the rich should be denied the right to vote.
It would be wrong to not allow the poor in general to vote. However, I would support not allowing those who live off the government through welfare/food stamps who do not work. They will always vote democrat because they will always financially support them to secure votes. I think thats wrong and I dont think people who live off the government should have any say in who is elected. I think people who dont work and live off the government should be required to volunteer in some form.
I agree, if anyone's right to vote should be revoked, it's the people that buy elections and benefit the most from all the power and influence.
As long as an American citizen shows ID and their voter registration card then they should not be denied the right to vote. That said any tax increases should only be voted on only by those who would be paying the tax increase.
Don't cities pay for police and cities use sales taxes pay for police? SO if they were to vote on a tax increase it would be a sales tax increase something which everybody pays and everybody would get to vote on since everybody pays sales taxes.I am going to have to be somewhat nuanced in my response to you. Only taxpayers should vote for tax increases? I would say that, maybe sometimes, that should be the case. However, what do taxes pay for? Police officers, for one thing. So now the question becomes "Do we need more police officers on the streets?". Since poor people, as well as tax payers, are victims of crime, then they have a constitutional right to have a say on whether or not more police officers should be hired, regardless of who pays for it. Otherwise, you have unequal representation, which is blatantly unconstitutional.
So the question of whether or not taxpayers only should be able to vote on taxes, while sounding OK on the surface, does not begin to address the real issue it is hiding, which is one of representation and constitutionality.
It would be wrong to not allow the poor in general to vote. However, I would support not allowing those who live off the government through welfare/food stamps who do not work. They will always vote democrat because they will always financially support them to secure votes. I think thats wrong and I dont think people who live off the government should have any say in who is elected. I think people who dont work and live off the government should be required to volunteer in some form.
Don't cities pay for police and cities use sales taxes pay for police? SO if they were to vote on a tax increase it would be a sales tax increase something which everybody pays and everybody would get to vote on since everybody pays sales taxes.
It would be wrong to not allow the poor in general to vote. However, I would support not allowing those who live off the government through welfare/food stamps who do not work. They will always vote democrat because they will always financially support them to secure votes. I think thats wrong and I dont think people who live off the government should have any say in who is elected. I think people who dont work and live off the government should be required to volunteer in some form.
If you live in this country and use or pay for any service that is provided by the government, it is appropriate for you to have a say in how those services are provided