Idea On Voting In Federal Elections, Do You Agree?

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Filth? Live in the GOP rural south.

I do. I have most of my life except involuntarily living in RI. What about it?

Just like all the rural GOP south.

You obviously must have been asleep and having a nightmare when you supposedly were in the south!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

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.

Why are you lying?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Doesn't demolish my argument at all.

Why are you ignoring the questions?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I would suggest an IQ test to vote in federal elections, but then the New Right would lose in all 50 states.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

There are a lot of paycheck to paycheck people who strongly support the Republican party.

YES, BECAUSE DEMS WANT TO DECREASE THEIR PAYCHECK'S BUYING POWER TO MAKE EVEN PAYCHECK-TO-PAYCHECK IMPOSSIBLE!

 

[Couchpotato]

Yeah, it kind of does.

No it really doesn’t

 

[BlindBoo]

Link or you lie!

Hahahaha. Feel free to prove the information is wrong.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

In other words, ignore our Constitution's Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

Spoken like a true right-winger.

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He said 18 you fucking moron. That’s what the 18th says.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

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?

No ward of the state should get to vote. That is perfectly fair.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Hahahaha. Feel free to prove the information is wrong.

You need to prove it is right, dumbass!

 

[BlindBoo]

No ward of the state should get to vote. That is perfectly fair.

Just put that in an amendment and it will be perfectly constitutional.

 

[BlindBoo]

You need to prove it is right, dumbass!

Yeah? That's a tough one.

Trump paid no income tax in 2020 and under Indy's proposal would not be allowed to vote.

Trump and his wife Melania paid no federal income taxes - Google Search

www.google.com

Oh on a side note that search turned this up on the old Orange Grumpyone too.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144472882/a-house-panel-voted-to-publicly-release-a-report-on-trumps-tax-returns

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The IRS did not audit Trump during his presidency's first 2 years​

In both 2017 and 2020, the former president reported no taxable income on his personal, joint return with wife Melania Trump.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Just put that in an amendment and it will be perfectly constitutional.

It should and needs to be. No taxes paid no vote.

 

[Frankenstein]

People don't vote for free stuff. They may vote for people who get them free stuff, but your statement is flat-out wrong.

Disagree, they vote for the candidate yes, but in the end, it's the free stuff they get that means they have nothing to do but sit on their arse and collect that they vote for

 

[g5000]

YES, BECAUSE DEMS WANT TO DECREASE THEIR PAYCHECK'S BUYING POWER TO MAKE EVEN PAYCHECK-TO-PAYCHECK IMPOSSIBLE!

Hey, I think mentally handicapped people need to be represented in Congress. That's why we have Marjorie Space Laser Greene and Lauren Wonton Boebert.

 

[g5000]

Link or you lie!

Read how much Trump paid â or didn't pay â in taxes each year

Donald Trump has guarded his income tax returns from public disclosure. A House committee has voted to release them in redacted form.

www.cnbc.com

On their 2020 income tax returns, Trump and his wife Melania paid no federal income taxes and claimed a refund of $5.47 million, according to the report by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.

 

[Independent thinker]

Everything you posted would require a constitutional amendment. Those ideas would never pass as they are unamerican.

In 2023, I will likely not pay any federal income tax because I am retired and have a low income. Why do you propose to strip me of my right to vote? You didn't not think this through, or you are a proponent of tyranny.

You're right. I didn't think that one through.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

One thing is for sure. People with no skin in the game will likely have major conflicts of interest to

A. simply vote for whoever gives them more sh*t… even if it harms others and the country.

B. simply bring down the people they are envious of and angry at for their success/power.. tear the system down because it’s not fair.

To me it’s human behavior 101.

What constitues having skin in the game?

According to the OP of this thread, being a parent and raising your children is not worthy of a vote.

I would argue they have more skin in the game than some 18 year working a part time job.

 

[Independent thinker]

Why do you keep posting this, when you know it is a lie?

What part is a lie? The rich people pay more taxes than the poor do. I was just giving the lefties a chance to jump on my proposal. But, they won't because they know the rich pay most all of the income taxes collected. There is no lie about that.

 

[Independent thinker]

Why are you ignoring the questions?

My question was about if the left think the rich pay no taxes then will they accept my proposal in order to stop the rich from voting.