Who Should have The Right To Vote.

At this moment the national debt is $17,525,568,343,274.68. For those in Rio Linda, that is a little over 17.5 trillion dollars! The debt is growing at a rate of 2.56 billion dollars each and every day. At this point in time, each citizens share of the debt is an astounding $55,097.93. In my soon to be published book America In Decline I spend several chapters dealing with the reasons for our nation's financial woes but, in a nut shell, we are in this financial mess because over the past 60 years or so America has morphed from the republic that our founding fathers envisioned into a pure democracy wherein the majority rules and minority rights, including most importantly property rights, are trampled on daily by the elected officials in Washington DC and, with rare exception, our various state capitals. Pure democracies have always failed throughout history, and always will fail in the future, because most people, by nature, are inherently lazy and if given the chance will opt out of the work force and let someone else do it. More importantly, they will vote for politicians who will implement laws that redistribute the wealth of successful members of society and give it to those who sit on the couch all day swigging beer and watching endless sitcoms on the flat screen TVs that the government has provided for them. Note, I am not referring to the people who, through no fault their own, are disabled or for some other reason cannot work; rather, I am referring to the millions of able bodied men and women who can work but, for a variety of reasons, refuse to do so! In America In Decline I propose several possible solutions to our nation's problems including, as a last resort, revolution. However, we could right our floundering ship of state without firing a single shot, or spilling a drop of blood, if we just made a few simple changes in our voting laws. Rather, as now is the case, encouraging every single citizen to vote and making it possible for many of them to vote multiple times, we should limit voting rights to those who make a contribution to society. In short, if you don't work and pay taxes you should not be allowed to vote. Nothing could be more simple and nothing would be more effective in righting the moral and financial woes our country is facing. In short, if a citizen does not pay federal income taxes he or she should not be allowed to vote in any federal election. Similarly, those that do not pay state and local taxes will not be allowed to vote in state or local elections. In this respect, the payment of sales taxes would not qualify a person to vote. These simple changes in the way Americans elect their politicians would put an end to political corruption; greatly curtail the liberal dependency state; and return our country to the union of independent states envisioned by our founding fathers. By the way, we are a very charitable people, always have been and always will be, so no one who is truly incapable of providing for their own needs will be left to die in the streets for lack of food or shelter, that simply in not the American way!