Mark & Juanita wrote:
NoOne N Particular wrote:

J. Clarke wrote:
Charlie Self wrote:

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Then, change the voting rules so that only people within the middle
class income range can vote. Only income from actual work counts.
Interest, dividends, stock sales, etc. don't count. No more freeloaders
and no more richies. Just the so-called "average joe".


Not sure why you want to exclude those who exceed a certain income
threshold from voting. That kind of shows a certain amount of dedication
and success capability. In truth, they don't have enough numbers to
significantly influence election results by much anyway.

What should be required is that people who are living from government
benefits should not be allowed to vote. This is the people voting
themselves the treasury that the founders were warned against. You have a
dependency class voting for those who promise to take money from the people
who are working and provide it those who are not. Self-support should be a
pre-requisite for the franchise.


And while we're at it, I think there should be a civics test,
required every decade or so - in English - as a pre-requisite to voting.


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