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post 1619339401 10-14-2020, 11:01 AM
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Do we really want EVERYONE to vote?

I really don’t think that we should encourage everyone to vote. There are so many knuckleheads that are uneducated, absolutely retarded, and have no skin in the game.

Do we really want someone that can barely read voting? Do we really want someone that can’t do basic math voting? Do we really want someone that has no idea how taxes work voting?

What about people non-retired people who live entirely off welfare and other entitlements? Do we really want them voting? Should non-property owners be able to vote to increase property taxes? (Not because they’re renting, but because there’s a strong chance they will no longer reside in district in a years time, and also aren’t established to the long term repercussions).

It just doesn’t seem like it’s a good idea to have every single person voting.
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Only land owning males should vote
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We need to take away the vote from white males to correct the imbalance in power. srs
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you shouldnt vote unless you pay taxes

if you recieve more taxes than you pay, then no vote
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post 1619340071 10-14-2020, 11:11 AM
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post 1619340321 10-14-2020, 11:13 AM
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Nah only people who pay taxes.
post 1619341301 10-14-2020, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted By elterrible987⏩
you shouldnt vote unless you pay taxes

if you recieve more taxes than you pay, then no vote
I think this is fair.

Although, I think a person should have a high school education at minimum.
post 1619341431 10-14-2020, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted By elterrible987⏩
you shouldnt vote unless you pay taxes

if you recieve more taxes than you pay, then no vote
Pretty sure no one receives more taxes than they pay. If you are talking about tax returns, its because you overpaid your taxes.
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post 1619341461 10-14-2020, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted By elterrible987⏩
you shouldnt vote unless you pay taxes

if you recieve more taxes than you pay, then no vote
Originally Posted By guest89⏩
Nah only people who pay taxes.
2 things should determine voting privilege:

1) payment of taxes
2) military service

And honestly we should make it 3... and repeal the 19th.
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post 1619341991 10-14-2020, 11:30 AM
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post 1619342231 10-14-2020, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted By guest89⏩
Nah only people who pay taxes.
Sounds good to me
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Originally Posted By pondus_levo⏩
Pretty sure no one receives more taxes than they pay. If you are talking about tax returns, its because you overpaid your taxes.
i type fast and make typos, i meant if you receive more money from the government than you pay in taxes.
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I think we should do away with voting.

Set a series of tests up and have these candidates earn their respective seats the same way athletes earn championships on the field

No one is voting for SuperBowl champ or WS champ. They go out and compete against the best to earn it.

If that means one person is superior and has a lengthy run as president then so be it, they were the best for the job.

Lol at voting and letting imbeciles decide your county’s future. So outdated
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post 1619343021 10-14-2020, 11:42 AM
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Actually I think it would be better that everyone voted instead of just the 1/3rd that does vote.

I think it would really be good if we went back to the old rules of voting such as you had to be a natural born citizen who owned land.
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prevent manlets and tradies from voting. let the real men make the decisions
post 1619343671 10-14-2020, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted By Jasonw1178⏩
Actually I think it would be better that everyone voted instead of just the 1/3rd that does vote.

I think it would really be good if we went back to the old rules of voting such as you had to be a natural born citizen who owned land.
So it’d be good for everyone to vote then you contradict yourself by saying it’d be good to restrict voting to natural born land owners


Confirmed low IQ and perfect example of who shouldn’t be voting.
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Originally Posted By elterrible987⏩
i type fast and make typos, i meant if you receive more money from the government than you pay in taxes.
You mean welfare?
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post 1619344601 10-14-2020, 11:57 AM
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No skin in the game = no vote.

Don't want unemployed deadbeats like ItsOgre voting and allowing the govt to do fukc all with my tax dollars.
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Originally Posted By pondus_levo⏩
Pretty sure no one receives more taxes than they pay. If you are talking about tax returns, its because you overpaid your taxes.
Boyo you must not understand how Tax credits work.

You are obviously too filled with privilege to understand the system.
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Why not? You scared? ****g0t?

It's Democracy bitch boy.

It's exactly that -- the disenfranchised, the poor, those who lack opportunity -- their voice matters just as much as yours. If not more so -- judging by the drivel you produce on this forum.

Think.
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Originally Posted By pondus_levo⏩
You mean welfare?
yes and retailcels with an effective tax rate of zero, they are going to take out taxes of your check and get it all back or also working and on welfare at the same time.
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Originally Posted By Gayford⏩
Boyo you must not understand how Tax credits work.

You are obviously too filled with privilege to understand the system.
yeah they can take taxes out of your check but if you are poverty then you will get more back than you put in after the return.
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I'm hearing a lot of good ideas, there should be some standard.

Pays taxes
Non criminal
Land owner

Also would accept,
Some aptitude test
Pays taxes, net not a taker but an actual payer.

Plus voter ID in any case.
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This would be a double edged sword. Technically, everyone is allowed to vote, the reality is that pretty much only a little over half ever actually vote. If everyone truly voted, I wonder how the results would turn out. Would it be the same? Would it be more left or right? Or would Independents have a larger spot? I was mulling over a few ideas in my head before this and what if it was made that you couldn't claim your tax returns if you voted? Or if you would face a yearly tax if you did not vote. Then going onto the whole knuckleheads voting thing, it might make the political parties focus in on those areas where people might not be as educated to vote and inform them, maybe even throw money and support their way to help them.

I think that everyone should really vote. I mean in the last election my cousin was bitching the high heavens that she could not believe that Donald Trump won the election. Then when I asked her who she voted for she said "I didn't vote". I asked her who she supported and she said Hillary. Then I asked why didn't she vote and she then said "I didn't feel comfortable casting a ballot for her to be the first woman in the White House". I went off on her and told her she is the reason why the system is so messed up. Don't complain about the game if you aren't even playing.
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
I really don’t think that we should encourage everyone to vote. There are so many knuckleheads that are uneducated, absolutely retarded, and have no skin in the game.

Do we really want someone that can barely read voting? Do we really want someone that can’t do basic math voting? Do we really want someone that has no idea how taxes work voting?

What about people non-retired people who live entirely off welfare and other entitlements? Do we really want them voting? Should non-property owners be able to vote to increase property taxes? (Not because they’re renting, but because there’s a strong chance they will no longer reside in district in a years time, and also aren’t established to the long term repercussions).

It just doesn’t seem like it’s a good idea to have every single person voting.
Than Biden will win easily if your going to discriminate (which is un-constitutional and UNAMERICAN)
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Originally Posted By SultanofBling⏩
Why not? You scared? ****g0t?

It's Democracy bitch boy.

It's exactly that -- the disenfranchised, the poor, those who lack opportunity -- their voice matters just as much as yours. If not more so -- judging by the drivel you produce on this forum.

Think.
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
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Sartre next introduces the related truth that the being-for-itself possesses meaning only through its perpetual foray into the unknown future. In other words, a man is not essentially what one might describe him as now. For example, if he is a teacher, he is not a teacher in the way that a rock, as a being-in-itself, is a rock. In truth, the man is never an essence, no matter how much he strives at self-essentialism
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Thats kind of the point. Find someone that probably wasnt planning on voting in the first place who is uneducated and, lets say, highly autistic (knows nothing about politics), but will do something because he/she thinks it will make people like them. Neither dems nor republicans are above getting to vote for them with the barest of background info but we all know who will commit voter fraud. I highly doubt politicians really care about us lowly voters anyway. If we stopped voting for them, they would just vote for us
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