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Originally Posted by rubicon
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I am afraid that the so called 47% are too busy tending to their free stuff to follow the political issues of our time.
I am of the opinion if you do not pay taxes you should not get to vote and if that law applied I'll bet silly issues like I want my recreational marijuana would disappear quicker than a New York second
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This is the most politically incorrect, yet accurate comment, I've seen in a while on TOTV. Thanks for saying it!
Let me repeat with emphasis, and irrespective of the legalizing pot poll ... if you do not pay taxes or work in some capacity, you should NOT be legally entitled to vote. It's that simple.
The reason is obvious ... at some point, once 50% of the population figure out they can vote themselves money, historically speaking it's game over for any republic. We can tweak the law to make it fair (ie if you lose a job, are young and just starting out, on welfare but you HAVE to work, etc). By the way, "job lock" notwithstanding ...gazing at your navel or writing that poem you've always wanted does not count ...unless you can sell it and then pay tax on it.
This is common sense. It would also make our country pretty much instantly solvent if we did this.