Linking Voting Rights With Taxes Paid<\/a>.<\/p>\nThis week there has been a bunch of consternation in the press about 47% of the population not paying income taxes.\u00a0 The question, Bloodhounds, is do you think “taxes paid in” or “ownership of real estate” or something else altogether would be a better way to encourage voters to support policies that strengthen and are good for the country rather than just protecting their handouts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Think about this: If one has no financial stake in our country, how much of a say-so should he have in its management? Let’s put it another way: I do not own stock, and hence have no financial stake, in Ford Motor Co. 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