Limiting Voting Rights

This country was founded as a republic which guaranteed its citizens specific inalienable rights that could not be taken away by a majority of the voters; however, our government has evolved into something that more closely resembles a pure democracy than the republic envisioned by the founders. As a result, we now have majority rule, with little or no regard for the interests of minorities unless, of course, they are ethnic minorities. The most blatant example of the trampled rights of minorities rights (yes, productive members of society are now a minority in the good old USA) is our present confiscatory system of taxation which basically takes monies from successful members of society and redistributes it those who have been, for whatever reason, less successful in life. In this respect, our corrupt politicians now give cash payments, in the form of tax credits, to low income families on April 15 of each year, the same day that many of our citizens are struggling to come up with enough money to pay their federal and state income taxes. As discussed in chapter 3, because of the scarcity of jobs available to the uneducated members of our society, there will have to be some redistribution of the nation's wealth during the time it takes to revitalize the countries manufacturing base. However, these redistributive of wealth schemes should be of limited duration and viewed as a necessary evil rather than an acceptable way of life. So, what can be done to stop career politicians from taxing the successful members of society and using that money to buy the votes of the underclass? As with most of the solutions suggested in this book, the answer to the confiscatory taxation policies of the liberals are straight forward and simple but, admittedly, difficult or impossible to implement. My belief is that, with only a few exceptions, only those who contribute to society should be allowed to vote. In other words, a chronically unemployed person sitting on his or her living room couch swigging beer and watching TV should not be allowed to vote for a politician that will increase the time he or she can receive unemployment insurance or the size of his or her welfare check. Rather, only those that pay federal income taxes should be allowed to vote in federal elections. Similarly, only those who pay state taxes should be eligible to vote in state elections and only those who pay local taxes should be allowed to vote in local elections. In other words if you cannot, or will not, contribute to society you will not be granted the privilege of voting. The liberals will fight this common sense proposal to their last dying breath insisting that a change in policy such as this would take away one of the most cherished of America's rights, the right to vote. Well, yes it would, but pure democracies have never worked throughout history and ours is no different from those of the past. Limiting the voting rights of the unproductive members of society will be a major step in the right direction with respect to raining in the democracy that is destroying our country. The bleeding heart liberals also will insist that any attempt eliminate the voting rights of the underclass will result in increasing poverty and even the mass starvation of large numbers of our citizens. This prediction flies in the face of historical fact. We have always looked after the poor and under-trodden in this country, always have and always will! However, we have no moral obligation whatsoever to pay the unemployed more in welfare benefits, housing aids and medical care than we pay those that are working two jobs to support their families. By the way, as you know, every relative study related to charitable giving has shown that conservatives give far more of their money to organizations like the Red Cross and Salvation Army than do liberals. What are the chances that we can stop this democracy in its tracts by limiting the right to vote to those who pay taxes? The answer, unfortunately, is slim to none!