Idea On Voting In Federal Elections, Do You Agree?

[Couchpotato]

I was posting in a thread and my light bulb came on for a voting proposal, which is this:

First, you have to be 18 or older and a US citizen, as well as some other restrictions already on the books. Second, you can only vote in federal elections if you pay federal income taxes. This seems fair to me since a large part of what we are voting for is in how our tax dollars are spent, so, only those actually paying those taxes should decide how they are spent. Those paying no federal income taxes shouldn't get a say in how the tax dollars paid by tax payers is spent.

This should please leftists because they claim many of the rich don't pay federal income taxes or that the rich don't pay their fair share, leaving the voting mostly in the hands of the tax payers who are paying the taxes (the little guys), right?

Just to clarify.

A single person who makes 20k a year and has a kid wouldnt get to vote under this structure as they wouldn't pay any Fed Income Tax. Is that what you're proposing?

What if said person paid 1$, even if it wasn't required of them. Could they then vote?

Could a person who doesn't work at all pay 1 cent in taxes and then be eligible to vote?

Would someone who used to pay income tax but goes on SS and falls beneath the threshold where they would be paying income tax lose their vote?

Does a service member in a tax-free combat zone lose their right to vote?

 

[Moonglow]

The idea sucks at best.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Live in Dem shithole cities with human poop and drug needles all over the sidewalks.

Just like all the rural GOP south.

 

[WorldWatcher]

The idea sucks at best.

I disagree...

..... ..... ..... ..... ..... The idea sucks all around, not just at best.



WW

 

[XponentialChaos]

I have an idea. How about we just let all U.S. citizen adults vote?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Just to clarify.

A single person who makes 20k a year and has a kid wouldnt get to vote under this structure as they wouldn't pay any Fed Income Tax. Is that what you're proposing?

What if said person paid 1$, even if it wasn't required of them. Could they then vote?

Could a person who doesn't work at all pay 1 cent in taxes and then be eligible to vote?

Would someone who used to pay income tax but goes on SS and falls beneath the threshold where they would be paying income tax lose their vote?

Does a service member in a tax-free combat zone lose their right to vote?

All good questions, do not expect a response

 

[Couchpotato]

All good questions, do not expect an response

I wasnt holding my breath...

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I wasnt holding my breath...

Wow, Indy never came back to answer your questions.

I am shocked I tell you, shocked.

 

[Independent thinker]

Just to clarify.

A single person who makes 20k a year and has a kid wouldnt get to vote under this structure as they wouldn't pay any Fed Income Tax. Is that what you're proposing?

What if said person paid 1$, even if it wasn't required of them. Could they then vote?

Could a person who doesn't work at all pay 1 cent in taxes and then be eligible to vote?

Would someone who used to pay income tax but goes on SS and falls beneath the threshold where they would be paying income tax lose their vote?

Does a service member in a tax-free combat zone lose their right to vote?

I think liberals would want to jump on this because they claim the rich pay no taxes so, if that's true, then the rich wouldn't be able to vote.

 

[Independent thinker]

The idea sucks at best.

LOL. That's because you depend on the low income and the low IQ for your votes.

 

[Independent thinker]

Wow, Indy never came back to answer your questions.

I am shocked I tell you, shocked.

I did come back and answer. Unlike you, I have a life and am not on here 24/7.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I did come back and answer. Unlike you, I have a life and am not on here 24/7.

You did not answer any of his questions.

Why lie when we can all see what you posted?

 

[Independent thinker]

You did not answer any of his questions.

Why lie when we can all see what you posted?

I did answer his questions.

I think liberals would want to jump on this because they claim the rich pay no taxes so, if that's true, then the rich wouldn't be able to vote.

 

[BlindBoo]

I think liberals would want to jump on this because they claim the rich pay no taxes so,

There are a lot more poor low wage earners, who also pay taxes, just not income taxes, than there are ba_millionaires who pay no income tax because they have great accountants. I think disenfranchising voters is a no go.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I did answer his questions.

I think liberals would want to jump on this because they claim the rich pay no taxes so, if that's true, then the rich wouldn't be able to vote.

That did not address a single question he asked you about your plan.

Here are 3 of them...

Could a person who doesn't work at all pay 1 cent in taxes and then be eligible to vote?

Would someone who used to pay income tax but goes on SS and falls beneath the threshold where they would be paying income tax lose their vote?

Does a service member in a tax-free combat zone lose their right to vote?

 

[Independent thinker]

There are a lot more poor low wage earners, who also pay taxes, just not income taxes, than there are ba_millionaires who pay no income tax because they have great accountants. I think disenfranchising voters is a no go.

The rich pay the huge majority of all federal income taxes collected. It is a myth that they do not pay taxes.

Who pays the most taxes? Experts explain the data ahead of the 2023 deadline.

Filing tax returns can be a slog, but the majority of individual federal taxes are paid by a small slice of Americans.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Such an amendment has little or no chance of passing.

 

[BlindBoo]

The rich pay the huge majority of all federal income taxes collected. It is a myth that they do not pay taxes.

Who pays the most taxes? Experts explain the data ahead of the 2023 deadline.

Filing tax returns can be a slog, but the majority of individual federal taxes are paid by a small slice of Americans.

www.cbsnews.com

Should the amount of taxes you pay determine how much your particular vote counts. Should each dollar paid in count for a vote? The more you pay the more influence you have?

 

[Independent thinker]

Should the amount of taxes you pay determine how much your particular vote counts. Should each dollar paid in count for a vote? The more you pay the more influence you have?

You said the rich don't pay taxes and that the poor pay more taxes than the rich do. I proved you wrong.

 

[BlindBoo]

You said the rich don't pay taxes and that the poor pay more taxes than the rich do. I proved you wrong.

I never made such a blanket statement. I showed you Trump paid no income tax in 2020. That doesn't mean he didn't pay other taxes that year either. Low income households do pay more as a percent of their income, in the other taxes category as well.