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Why are those standards a bad idea? Only the working man (note I didn't say any particular race) is paying taxes. Why shouldn't just working people be able to vote?
I mean, if there are reasons for being unemployed (legitimate reasons, like poor health) then we could/should make exceptions, but I think that standard is a fair one.
And since colleges now have diversity quotas and the like, I certainly wouldn't want only those with a college degree to be able to vote. I think my standard is quite sufficient and absolutely FAIR.
So, college students, vocational training students, stay at home moms and dads and family members caring for the elderly or disabled in their homes should lose their votes because they're not "contributing to the economy"? Actually, such folks are helping the economy enormously, if you compare their unpaid work to the cost of caring for children, the elderly and disabled outside the home.
Did you really mean to write "working MAN"?? How about working women?
No, I'm saying that the Democratic candidate only needs to meet the minimum qualifications to defeat Trump. We don't need some super inspirational person on par with JFK, Reagan or Obama. Voters will just want a return to normalcy.
I don't know about that. Lot of voters are happy with Trump, find him delightfully non-PC, and are eagerly anticipating the extra money in their paychecks and being able to get get low-cost insurance that doesn't cover much again.
The specifics would have to be ironed out (NOTE THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN, OBVIOUSLY), but in general only people/families that work (pay taxes) should be allowed to vote.
Why should incompetent, drug/alcohol-addicted, welfare recipients (be they white or yellow or purple) layabouts be allowed to vote if they don't even PAY TAXES??
But what if a divorced woman cant work. Perhaps she is studying. Perhaps she is taking care of children. Perhaps she is taking care of the elderly parents who are kicked to the curb by our horrendous health care system. Why should they be denied the chance to influence the society they live in? What if you had to take care of your frail parents and could no longer work?
That's true but it'd be hard to explain away certain things that we've been bitching about the other side.
lol
that's not how it works, unfortunately. Whether a politician is actually trustworthy and consistent is not important to winning elections. What's important is being able to construct a plausible narrative that the people will buy.
For instance, Republicans blaming the economic crisis on "the government forcing banks to loan." It's a totally fabricated story, but it was wildly successful with the Republican base and won them a LOT of votes.
Trump stood up there and said "we're going to bring manufacturing jobs back!" and even though that's basically impossible, and he's a total buffoon, it won him a LOT of votes.
Democrats don't need to explain anything about past positions, or stick to any kind of consistent story -- the Republicans sure don't. The Democrats just need to play the game better.
So, college students, vocational training students, stay at home moms and dads and family members caring for the elderly or disabled in their homes should lose their votes because they're not "contributing to the economy"? Actually, such folks are helping the economy enormously, if you compare their unpaid work to the cost of caring for children, the elderly and disabled outside the home.
Did you really mean to write "working MAN"?? How about working women?
I'm not politically poisoned, friend. "MAN" In reality (not this cultural marxist alternative reality we now live in) generally means man AND woman.
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