50 percent of the US population are not required to, and do not, pay Federal taxes. These folks should not have the right to vote since they have no skin in the game. After all, they can just vote themselves money from a treasury that they don't contribute to. This is exactly backwards of how the country was founded since in 1776 we fought for no taxation without representation.
Representation without taxation
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That "50 percent" who don't pay taxes include people collecting social security. A large majority of these people worked and paid taxes for over 40 years -- but now that they are collecting SS they don't have to pay federal taxes (unless they have additional income).
You're making the claim that people who supported our country and paid taxes for decades should be denied the right to vote because they are retired.
We can change it to----"Folks who haven't contributed". I'm good with that.
That would include those who merely inherited wealth, and include those who may have appeared to try to contribute but ended up being net takers, e.g. the Trumps and their ilk.
Yeah-----no. Those folks are paying some of the highest tax burdens.
In theory, but apparently not in practice. At any rate, spending and/or losing other people's money is not "skin in the game".
Why bother counting the electoral votes of the welfare states ?
I think under B1S2’s interpretation of the constitution we can take away Kentucky’s senators because of this.
There certainly is a welfare state, but it does not directly have any electoral votes. Those who can, but have not contributed, should not have the right to vote.