sons people should not be allowed to vote IF ...

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I notice you're conveniently skipping timvp's suggestion.

[JoeChalupa]

Every American of voting age has the right to vote. Income or educational level does not place any more weight on a vote. My vote counts the same as Warren Buffett's.
Go USA!!

[FromWayDowntown]

Actually, there's brilliance in this idea from the standpoint of social policy, too. Obviously, those who don't work but carry substantial tax burdens -- say the stay-at-home spouses of highly-paid executives -- should be allowed to vote under this plan. So combined incomes are sufficient to give one the right to vote. Thus, imposing the $10,000 threshold would encourage those who make very little money to get married to one another and aggregate their meager incomes to obtain the right to vote -- lessen they're sexuals or something, of course.

It's social brilliance.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I notice you're conveniently skipping timvp's suggestion.

that's because, not surprisingly, he didn't get it.

[FromWayDowntown]

FWDT, I'd like my injunction filed and SUPERSIZED, boy.

You want fries with that? Maybe a pie?

[George Gervin's Afro]

- if they are unemployed

- if they are living off of the government via welfare, housing, etc.

- if they make LESS than $10,000 per year.

After all sons. what are these people doing for the country anyways other than living off of other peoples tax dollars??? cause God knows 95% of them will vote for Democrats to give them MORE irresponsibility ... if they even vote at all. amen. thanks sons god bless.

Let's add those who get their news from talk radio.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

You want fries with that? Maybe a pie?

In triplicate.

[Wild Cobra]

Why make the floor $10,000? I mean, it's abundantly clear that the people who are most responsible in this country are those who make the most money and, undoubtedly, those people should have the most say about who will be President. Why not make it a $50,000 threshold, or better yet, only allow voting by those who make $100,000 a year!!

Plus, I think the unemployed thing sweeps too broadly -- it would be silly to deny the vote to rich people who are unemployed!!!

I wouldn't actually want it just like BR explained, but I have advocated a similar thing myself. I don't know exactly where to make the cutoffs, but maybe something like the following:

1) To be eligeble to vote, you cannot be one who gets subsidies from the various government agencies over the last two years that exceed what income taxes you pay over the same period.

2) Social Security and other retirement related en lements are not considered subsidies for voting purposes. Social Security will actually be treated as income for voting elegibility.

3) The right to vote will not be denied to the handicapped under this provision.

4) Non tax paying citizens have the right to vote as long as they are not being subsidized by the government.

5) Paymnts of Social Security and Medicare deductions are not considered taxes for these rules as they are for future benifits.

My thoughts on the subject are simply to exclude those who chose government handouts over paying their own way from voting. The rules I would support would be to those means.

[Anti.Hero]

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The dems get away with raping democracy because they have brain washed Amerika into this political correctness bafoonery. It's a brilliant move.

[FromWayDowntown]

I wouldn't actually want it just like BR explained, but I have advocated a similar thing myself. I don't know exactly where to make the cutoffs, but maybe something like the following:

1) To be eligeble to vote, you cannot be one who gets subsidies from the various government agencies over the last two years that exceed what income taxes you pay over the same period.

2) Social Security and other retirement related en lements are not considered subsidies for voting purposes. Social Security will actually be treated as income for voting elegibility.

3) The right to vote will not be denied to the handicapped under this provision.

4) Non tax paying citizens have the right to vote as long as they are not being subsidized by the government.

5) Paymnts of Social Security and Medicare deductions are not considered taxes for these rules as they are for future benifits.

My thoughts on the subject are simply to exclude those who chose government handouts over paying their own way from voting. The rules I would support would be to those means.

Do bailed out Wall Street executives get treated as having been subsidized by the government?

What about those who have federally-subsidized student loans and are working low paying jobs? I know people who make plenty of money, but whose federally-subsidized student loan debt exceeds their income at this moment -- are you going to prohibit them from voting?

[ElNono]

Do bailed out Wall Street executives get treated as having been subsidized by the government?

What about those who have federally-subsidized student loans?

How about government subsidized industries, like Agriculture?

[Findog]

BRHornets45 just posted a great video on youtube explaining her views on the upcoming election:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wroj0FLvzs&

What happened to the youtube embed code? It's not working for me

[George Gervin's Afro]

Do bailed out Wall Street executives get treated as having been subsidized by the government?

What about those who have federally-subsidized student loans and are working low paying jobs? I know people who make plenty of money, but whose federally-subsidized student loan debt exceeds their income at this moment -- are you going to prohibit them from voting?

Don't forget people who are layed off and are receiving workers compensation.

[Shastafarian]

[FromWayDowntown]

In triplicate.

You want fries with that? Maybe a pie?
You want fries with that? Maybe a pie?
You want fries with that? Maybe a pie?


That will be $651.17, sir. Please drive up.

[FromWayDowntown]

Don't forget people who are layed off and are receiving workers compensation.

Those are EXACTLY the sorts of people we don't want voting -- unless they happen to be wealthy through other means, of course.

[Findog]

I tried posting that video using the same coding format and it didn't work. Are you using firefox or IE?

[Shastafarian]

I tried posting that video using the same coding format and it didn't work. Are you using firefox or IE?

you left in the entire url

[Findog]

you left in the entire url

Ah, thanks.

[Findog]

Man, BRHornets45 is hot! I find her views trenchant and insightful:

[MaNuMaNiAc]

[Shastafarian]

Ah, thanks.

np I was gonna quote you but I wanted to get the video up right after your post. Looks like I failed

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

If this were a fight, it'd have been stopped by now.

[baseline bum]

I wouldn't actually want it just like BR explained, but I have advocated a similar thing myself. I don't know exactly where to make the cutoffs, but maybe something like the following:

1) To be eligeble to vote, you cannot be one who gets subsidies from the various government agencies over the last two years that exceed what income taxes you pay over the same period.

2) Social Security and other retirement related en lements are not considered subsidies for voting purposes. Social Security will actually be treated as income for voting elegibility.

3) The right to vote will not be denied to the handicapped under this provision.

4) Non tax paying citizens have the right to vote as long as they are not being subsidized by the government.

5) Paymnts of Social Security and Medicare deductions are not considered taxes for these rules as they are for future benifits.

My thoughts on the subject are simply to exclude those who chose government handouts over paying their own way from voting. The rules I would support would be to those means.

In other words, young people and make exceptions for the old. Someone's old enough to go and die for his country out of high school, but he can't be trusted to make an intelligent vote if he chooses to educate himself.

[BRHornet45]

I tried posting that video using the same coding format and it didn't work. Are you using firefox or IE?

no son its because your too stupid to read and learn the codes.