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To: Focault's Pendulum

All voters should be land-owners and have to pass the same test we give our legal immigrants for citizenship.


16 posted on 03/25/2014 2:17:09 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Veggie Todd

What is it about property in land that gives its owners a character suited for the franchise?

In the Founders’ day, land was the most common form of property. Not so today.


29 posted on 03/25/2014 2:38:02 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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All voters should be land-owners and have to pass the same test we give our legal immigrants for citizenship.

Or veterans.

34 posted on 03/25/2014 2:46:43 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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