Should the 49.5% who pay no taxes be allowed to vote? (Obama, millionaire)

[ABQConvict]

Hear, hear!

It is about time someone questioned these lazy bums who skate by making burgers and tarring my roof and then have the gall to vote!?!!?

I'll go one further and say only multi-millionaires should be allowed to vote:

Heirs to fortunes, banking administrators, professional athletes, Kardashians. Those are the only people we should let vote. The truly successful. If they can't run the country, who can?

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by LeftyTrav

What an incredibly ignorant statement. You watch too much TV.

Hey,Lefty, I'm new to this forum, nice to meet'cha. Tell me please, are you named "Lefty" because you're politically Left, or because you're left-handed? Just curious. I might guess the latter. Ciao!

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by btownboss4

So 49.5& of Americans don't own property, fill up gas, or buy things other than food or clothes.

Heck, here in CO, food and clothes aren't exempt! That was the case when we lived in Illinois, too.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

Hear, hear!
I'll go one further and say only multi-millionaires should be allowed to vote:

If they can't run the country, who can?

In case you hadn't noticed, those are the ones who have been trashing the economy.

[18Montclair]

Only states that dont mooch off other states should be allowed to vote.

And according to the latest IRS data, thoe states who DO NOT mooch off of the rest are:NJ, NV, CT, NH, MN, IL, DE, CA, NY, MA, WI, WA, MI, TX, FL and OR.



After all, our popular vote does NOT elect the President, STATE ELECTORAL VOTES DO, so why should moocher states have any say?


lol

[natalie469]

Yes of course you should be allowed to vote....why wouldn't you

[LookinForMayberry]

Originally Posted by BirchBarlow

My question is this... should the 49.5% who pay no taxes be afforded the privilege of voting, seeing as they have no stake in society, or should only those who are productive and contribute be allowed to vote?

Absolutely. Voting is not a privilege, it is a civic obligation.

I question your ability to judge who has a stake in this country, its society, and who is productive and contributes. As my mother would have asked: Who died and left you in charge?

[boycewv]

Hate to break it to you but a majority of those that "pay no taxes" are republicans. You think all the southern states, which tend to be poorer, vote democrat?

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Heck, here in CO, food and clothes aren't exempt! That was the case when we lived in Illinois, too.

In NM, they finally made food and prescription meds exempt a couple of years ago.

Yeah, you guys, some of those supposedly "moocher" states have very high sales taxes. And as everyone knows, that's a very regressive type of tax.

[VMH2507]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Only states that dont mooch off other states should be allowed to vote.

And according to the latest IRS data, thoe states who DO NOT mooch off of the rest are:NJ, NV, CT, NH, MN, IL, DE, CA, NY, MA, WI, WA, MI, TX, FL and OR.



After all, our popular vote does NOT elect the President, STATE ELECTORAL VOTES DO, so why should moocher states have any say?


lol

Can't tell for sure but just going by colors on the two maps, it appears that most get back about what they put in. So not sure where your mooching description comes from.