Representation without taxation

[Hari Seldon]

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.

I don't think you lose your right to vote because you don't pay taxes. We didn't have income taxes until way past the founding.

I do think that our code is unconstitutional because having the top 1% pay what, 40%, 50% of the taxes violates fair and equal treatment under the law.

 

[Buy1Sell2]

I don't think you lose your right to vote because you don't pay taxes. We didn't have income taxes until way past the founding.

I do think that our code is unconstitutional because having the top 1% pay what, 40%, 50% of the taxes violates fair and equal treatment under the law.

At the founding the states generally allowed land owning or tax paying white males. What I propose is all Federal tax paying, US Citizens should have the right to vote. Non-contributors should not.

 

[Buy1Sell2]

so illegals that pay taxes get to vote?
foreigners that pay US taxes from generating income get to vote?

didn't think this one through did ya?

Perhaps you should reread my posting here---

At the country's founding, this was the state of voting--

• 1789: The Constitution grants the states the power to set voting requirements. Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population).

This needs to be converted into an amendment to The Constitution now with the words "white males" replaced with the words "US Citizens" and remove the phrase "(about 6% of the population)".

 

[Hari Seldon]

At the founding the states generally allowed land owning or tax paying white males. What I propose is all Federal tax paying, US Citizens should have the right to vote. Non-contributors should not.

Half the people can't afford to pay taxes and 1/3 get credits.

Problem is our government. Get rid of 50% just for starters. About the only thing our government is good at is killing people, so we shouldn't miss it.

 

[smallfil]

I don't think you lose your right to vote because you don't pay taxes. We didn't have income taxes until way past the founding.

I do think that our code is unconstitutional because having the top 1% pay what, 40%, 50% of the taxes violates fair and equal treatment under the law.

A lot of billionaires in the US pay less in taxes because they have tax loopholes up their asses. I doubt they pay the high rates mentioned. The millionaires maybe, but, the billionaires? Nah. One is the Gart Trust where they can run their monies thru multiple trust accounts and then, when it gets to their heirs, they do not pay any estate taxes. Not one red cent. Sure, they should get a vote still but, long past time to shutdown a lot of these tax loopholes.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Time to quit worrying about fixing taxes and start cutting our blood sucking government out of our lives.

 

[LS1Z28]

I don't mind non-taxpayers voting, but I wish we had some sort of aptitude test. Surveys have shown that 2 out of every 3 people can't name the 3 branches of government. People shouldn't be allowed to vote if they don't even understand what they're voting for.

 

[Buy1Sell2]

I don't mind non-taxpayers voting, but I wish we had some sort of aptitude test. Surveys have shown that 2 out of every 3 people can't name the 3 branches of government. People shouldn't be allowed to vote if they don't even understand what they're voting for.

Easier to just identify the non-contributors and have them not vote themselves more free stuff.