[rovenstinez]

People who don’t PAY taxes, shouldn’t be allowed to express their feelings. They will always vote to get more stuff off the Gravy Train.

[DiogenesLamp]

People who don’t PAY taxes, shouldn’t be allowed to express their feelings. They will always vote to get more stuff off the Gravy Train.

This is exactly right. People who do not *PAY* taxes, should not be allowed to vote.

[curious7]

Exactly!

[coalminersson]

“A democracy will continue to exist up until the time voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.”

—Alexander Fraser Tytler

Madison said something similar. The Founders were geniuses in their understandings of human nature, citizens and government officials…

[NorthMountain]

Yes!

Deciding how the government is to be run is a job solely for the people who pay for the government.

[zeugma]

People who don’t PAY taxes, shouldn’t be allowed to express their feelings. They will always vote to get more stuff off the Gravy Train.

For every thousand you pay in taxes you should get one vote, up to a max of 20.

This might wake up some of the idiots who get 'refunds' who think over paying their taxes during the course of a year is somehow a good thing. I got 4 votes to spend? You mean I paid those bastards $4000???