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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1345633" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>The voter, every single one of them, does have something invested--their rights and freedoms. Pretty dang valuable from where I'm standing and where I've been.</p><p>This is America, not aristocratic Europe.</p><p></p><p>There are many military veterans who believe no one should have the right to vote unless they have served their country.I disagree with that strongly, but if they had their way thru a constitutional amendment, I can just imagine the outcry from some here on this board . If any of you have read any of biochemist Issac Asimov's fictional writings, you know he depicted a world where not even citizenship or property ownership was allowed unless one had served. Not my idea of a free society.</p><p></p><p>The Brits tried a little different form of what you guys are advocating, and the bloody result was the American Revolution and the birth of this country. "No taxation without representation!" ring a bell? You on the other hand are calling for something just as bad. "No representation without taxation" and it goes against everything this nation has ever stood for. </p><p>Someone said we need to get away from govt, but you advocate a law (more govt) stating no one can vote if they don't pay taxes. It all depends on whose ox is being gored.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1345633, member: 18945"] The voter, every single one of them, does have something invested--their rights and freedoms. Pretty dang valuable from where I'm standing and where I've been. This is America, not aristocratic Europe. There are many military veterans who believe no one should have the right to vote unless they have served their country.I disagree with that strongly, but if they had their way thru a constitutional amendment, I can just imagine the outcry from some here on this board . If any of you have read any of biochemist Issac Asimov's fictional writings, you know he depicted a world where not even citizenship or property ownership was allowed unless one had served. Not my idea of a free society. The Brits tried a little different form of what you guys are advocating, and the bloody result was the American Revolution and the birth of this country. "No taxation without representation!" ring a bell? You on the other hand are calling for something just as bad. "No representation without taxation" and it goes against everything this nation has ever stood for. Someone said we need to get away from govt, but you advocate a law (more govt) stating no one can vote if they don't pay taxes. It all depends on whose ox is being gored. [/QUOTE]
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