(10-23-2018 10:06 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-23-2018 09:56 AM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  

(10-23-2018 09:38 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  Ive always thought, in addition to this, that one should show that they pay taxes. The old 'skin in the game' argument. Good enough for startups, should be good enough for governance. Goes both ways. If you make 10 bajillion dollars and depreciate and offset enough to zero that out or create a carryover loss -- sorry charlie.

LOL. So people that don't work (for a variety of reasons, both legitimate and illegitimate) or people that use tax law to their advantage shouldn't be allowed to vote? Sounds like a policy that both Democrats and Republicans can agree to oppose.

Most probably would oppose it. I said *I've* always thought that the skin in the game thingy wouldnt be so bad. But that is kind of the startup guy in me talking....

It's what the framers of the constitution thought, too. They wanted the vote restricted to educated land owners.