ThePlayDrive
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This has probably been said before, but I didn't make it past the first page when I realized that this thread was going to be filled with ridiculous posts.Or should the top 10% not be allowed to vote, since their money influences all politics. I laugh at certain forum posters who say that the poor shouldnt be allowed to vote because they only vote for who is going to give them something...that is one of the most disgustingly disengenuous statements ever uttered on this foru...because the RICH vote for who is going to give them something and they PAY them millions to do it for them in lobbiests cash and gifts to superpacs...its hypocrisy to the ooomph degree.
Relative to the world, voting is a privilege. Relative to the United States, voting is and always should be a right. The idea that only those who pay income taxes or only those who do community service or only those who do "whatever I think measures the value of a citizen" should be able to vote is preposterous. Not only does that give government leaders (and those who pay them) far too much power over determining who has no say in the government, it completely disregards the facts that everyone pays taxes in some form, everyone is affected by the government and certain classes will no doubt be completely taken advantage of.
I can imagine the wonderful system where only people who pay income taxes can vote. Those who do pay income taxes will most likely be in the middle and upper classes and many of those people's interests would be harmed if the lower classes had the right to vote so in order to prevent this from happening they elect the politicians who will ensure that they are never able to attain that right. What a great country.
Some people are so ridiculous. Everyone should be allowed to vote, even them.
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