Posted on 09/19/2012 8:36:19 AM PDT by Kaslin
I don’t mind those now retired who contributed during their earlier life by working. They deserve to be able to vote.
What I object to is to any who did not pay into the system or (skin in the game).
Those should not be allowed to vote.
I also think anybody that votes for Obama after these 4 miserable years should be required to take a citizenship test and, if not passed, should have citizenship removed and deported.
IMO, once you have died, your voting rights should be stripped away.
should be required to take a citizenship test and, if not passed, should have citizenship removed and deported.
or should be required to take a citizenship test and a psycoligical test for sanity then committed.
Was that in and of itself significant? Or were other characteristics of life in the early 1800s more meaningful?
Uh, crips need not apply ~ yeah, that’s gotta’ be our motto for the future ~ bet that’ll get a lot of folks voting for us (NOT)/s
John McPain seemed to be the happiest loser ever. And people in AZ must have agreed: they kept him on board.
“Income taxes” is a term of art used by the IRS. It refers to a specific type of tax on income. It is not the only federal tax on income. Almost everyone who works pays payroll taxes, which are a flat 15.3% of income. There is no exemption for low earners, only for high earners. Those who earn above about 120,000 don’t have to pay any more above that level.
Payroll taxes represent 40% of all taxes collected by the federal government. These taxes are not sequestered-—they pay for all the expenses of government, just like income taxes. So it is not fair to say that people who don’t pay “income taxes” are not paying a fair share of the nation’s tax burden.
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Do any of the other forms of taxes offer an earned income credit? Deductions for dropping kids like puppies? Does any lawyer advertise on TV to offer relief from Payroll tax debt?
News flash. People who work pay all the taxes you cited and income taxes on top of that. People who don't work don't pay payroll taxes and get earned income credit for existing.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Representation without Taxation is as bad of a problem as Taxation without Representation. When non taxpayers interests are represented on an equal footing with taxpayers, it is the taxpayers representation which has been damaged and diluted.
When voters figure out they can vote in politicians who will give them more free stuff, then it is beginning of end of the republic.
One needs no ID or proof of citizenship to receive Obamacare, but if you have proof you are a US citizen, the IRS will hunt you down and make sure you buy inflated health insurance to pay for the indigent and non-citizens.
EITC
The Earned Income Tax Credit gives back most if not all, and then some, of any FICA or payroll tax.
IN THEORY, those “taxes” are more like forced savings - Social Security, medicaid, etc. The fact that Congress steals them and pisses them away doesn’t change that.
And a lot of those people who pay these “payroll taxes” get them back, and MORE in the “Earned Income Tax Credit.”
I wonder how many of those voters were dead at the time.
So, I propose a simple plan. If you contribute more than you take back, you get to vote. If you get more from the government than what you contribute, you don't get to vote.
I’ve said this before, and my opinion hasn’t changed.
If you get food stamps or assistance from the government in any way yopu should lose your right to vote until off it.
Period.
If the election commission are honest they will take persons of the registration list that have passed away
Slight amendment: 12.4% of the payroll tax stops at the ceiling for FICA, which is $110,100 this year. However, the rate is actually 8.4% this year, due to the temporary reduction in FICA taxes.
The remaining 3.9% is for Medicare, which has no upper limit, at least on wage income.
Neither tax is imposed on unearned income like interest, dividends, and capital gains.
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