“I just had to throw out the remembrance of the military. My daughter and son-in-law were some of those military votes that may or may not have been counted in Florida 2000.”
I should have been clear up front :-). Who knows what things people are thinking in this day and age.
I think a lot of this easy voting registration garbage went into effect around the time of the stupid, sickening “motor voter” act signed into law by Billy Jeff Clinton. It should have been called the “Democratic Party Presidential Election Preservation Act of 1993”.
While liberals would scream how repeal of that stupid act is “RACIST!”, it’s anything but racist. Anyone can vote under “my” rules :-). Just walk to your nearest post office, register to vote, get your photo taken for your voter ID courtesy of the taxpayers, and wait for your card to arrive! Do that once every six years and you’re good to go!
I like the idea of having to present tax filings to get your voter ID ... my only problem is what if I had a year where I wrote off all of my taxes due to various events ... know what I mean? I suppose that’s VERY unlikely in the case of personal income tax, but many sole proprietors would face that problem (they typically file taxes related to their business as personal income / expenses).
Only downside is that this could be a form of national ID ... however, I get sick thinking that my vote is canceled out by some angry, filthy cheating hippie voting 10 times longing for the days where Communism was on the threshold of being spread across the country from sea to shining sea. Since they can’t cope with living in a free society, they have to make everyone equally miserable :-).
I like your notion on the taxes but it could be a problem like you said for those of us who are self employed. My husband and I file seperately every year. We have a VERY good accountant and set our books up seperately when we married as we were both self contractors. After an injury I have not been able to work some years and had no income. We still file separately, we married in late middle age, have separate investments and separate some beneficiary-type things out for children from previous marriages. We still pay less to the IRS this way. I filed in the years with no income but have no tax to pay. We both also use extensions to pay at the last moment in the fall. I have not filed for disability tho definitely eligible because we feel as a married couple and my husband is able to provide for us both that we aren’t comfortable being part of the social security problem. I am not yet retirement age.
I don’t know that there aren’t a lot of people who’ve lived hard working lives but no longer paying income tax who would be denied the vote unless that system were carefully crafted.
I would trust most freepers to figure out a fair system, not sure i trust a legislator though.
It is a good idea IMO... just need some fine tuning to get it right.
I actually have some respect for a system of property owners being voters. I know there are problems with that notion as well. But a person who has to deal with property ownership is much more likely to see that tax money is looked after frugally as well. A plan like that is similar to yours with income tax, either gives the payee more say in where his hard-earned dollars go.