How about giving what's due of you? We all pay taxes for upkeep of roads, schools, national defense, and many, many other things. You should pay your fair share like I do. If you don't, you don't get to choose the next Pres, senator, or whoever. Taxes is about the simplest thing I can think of that ensures the voter is legimate. Citizenship/residency makes you eligible for membership, taxes makes your membership current.
- Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Boring lately. >> But they aren't at this point. I think that if you pay the taxes you owe >> (or if you don't owe taxes), then you get to vote. It's a simple system, >> really. You pay the price to join the club. If you don't pay the >> prince, >> you don't get to vote. > > Whose burden is it to prove payment of taxes? > >> Is this racist or some other "ist" in some way? > > Not unless the taxes question is asked of some but not of others. > > Again, why is it necessary to have an additional "price to join"? I > thought legal age and citizenship were the established criteria at > this point. Aren't those enough? > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206679 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
