[Magician]

We need one more constitutional amendment:

"No one shall vote in an election who has not paid income tax or property tax within the four preceding years"

[Boonie Rat]

I'd prefer an amendment that said "No politician may in any case be a lawyer".

Boonie Rat

MACV SOCOM, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66

The problem with lawyer jokes is lawyers don't think they're funny, and no one else thinks they are jokes.

[Aurelius]

"No one shall vote in an election who has not paid income tax or property tax within the four preceding years"

Also excluded should be: government employees and other recipients of government payments, grants or welfare. Federal government employees were of course meant to be excluded from voting by the original setup of the District of Columbia.

[Tauzero]

"No one shall vote in an election who has not paid income tax or property tax within the four preceding years"

This still leaves all the people who pay these taxes and yet receive a net gain from the feds. All the federal contractors, recipients of loans and grants, etc.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

"No one shall vote in an election who has not paid income tax or property tax within the four preceding years"

How 'bout:

"Congress shall raise no direct taxes of any sort, even when proportioned among the several states" and "Each senator shall be appointed by his state's legislature." I'm less certain about the second than the first, but I suspect that those favoring limited, local government will have a better chance of prevailing with the second provision.

[jeremiah]

No one shall vote who didn't pay income taxes in the previous four years

Until the pols figure a way to define paying taxes correctly.