Rand Paul says the quiet part out loud regarding elections

[Harpy Eagle]

No they dont.

Why not?

My 26 year old does not own land but she works hard, pays her taxes and is a good contributing member of society. She also has a job that has her on the road more than half the days each year and owning a home would be a poor choice for her right now as it would limit her options for moving up in the company.

 

[TNHarley]

In the nation of “We the People”, they do

No, they dont.

 

[colfax_m]

Only complete idiots want more people to vote.
Americas voting block is full of complete dipshits.

Good point.

Let's restrict voting to people with college degrees.

 

[TNHarley]

Why not?

My 26 year old does not own land but she works hard, pays her taxes and is a good contributing member of society. She also has a job that has her on the road more than half the days each year and owning a home would be a poor choice for her right now as it would limit her options for moving up in the company.

Good for her.

 

[struth]

Let's see if any right wing fraudsters can spot the obvious flaw in his argument, I’ll highlight for the particularly stubborn hold outs.

“Seeding an area heavy with potential Democratic votes with as many absentee ballots as possible, targeting and convincing potential voters to complete them in a legally valid way, and then harvesting and counting the results.”

Rand Paul Ridiculed After Accusing Dems of ‘Stealing’ Elections by Persuading People to Vote For Them

yes that’s the problem. and what the left wants to do. they want to take away the very private part of voting, the voting booth….and flush a area with absentee votes and then pressure those people to vote a certain way

how are you not realizing that’s the issue??

 

[dblack]

Every American has skin in the game
That is why we want them to vote.

The guy living under a highway overpass has as much skin in the game as the guy who built the overpass

Then I spose he should be paying the same in taxes, eh?

 

[TNHarley]

Good point.

Let's restrict voting to people with college degrees.

That has proven to mean nothing.
Since the concept of private property is appalling to you pinkos, I can meet you in the middle. How about a hard civics test before hand? How about knowing a person has a basic concept of how this country works before they get to decide the outcomes of other people that do?

 

[TNHarley]

About Half of American Families Pay Little to No Income Tax - Fact or Myth?

About half of American families pay little to no federal income tax after tax credits and deductions. Payroll taxes, excise taxes, and sales taxes hit the average American family the hardest.

factmyth.com

Fucking leeches

 

[colfax_m]

That has proven to mean nothing.
Since the concept of private property is appalling to you pinkos, I can meet you in the middle. How about a hard civics test before hand? How about knowing a person has a basic concept of how this country works before they get to decide the effects of other people that do?

A civics test means nothing. Plenty of people know how the country works, but adhere to far fetched conspiracy theories.
How about we ask them who won the 2020 election before we let them vote?

 

[TNHarley]

A civics test means nothing. Plenty of people know how the country works, but adhere to far fetched conspiracy theories.
How about we ask them who won the 2020 election before we let them vote?

And here we go
Good day dumbfuck. Hope you dont vote

 

[dblack]

Good point.

Let's restrict voting to people with college degrees.

How about only those degrees not provided by the government? That could work.

 

[colfax_m]

And here we go
Good day dumbfuck. Hope you dont vote

It's a slippery slope when you start deciding who does and doesn't get to vote. The impulse is to limit it to people who you approve of, who agree with you.

That's not a good path to go down for a freedom loving society. It leads to authoritarian or fascist states.

 

[dblack]

It's a slippery slope when you start deciding who does and doesn't get to vote. The impulse is to limit it to people who you approve of, who agree with you.

That's not a good path to go down for a freedom loving society. It leads to authoritarian or fascist states.

Agreed. The key isn't limiting who can vote, but what they can vote for. That's supposedly what the Constitution is all about.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

That has proven to mean nothing.
Since the concept of private property is appalling to you pinkos, I can meet you in the middle. How about a hard civics test before hand? How about knowing a person has a basic concept of how this country works before they get to decide the outcomes of other people that do?

can we do that for elected offices as well?

 

[Circe]

That has proven to mean nothing.
Since the concept of private property is appalling to you pinkos, I can meet you in the middle. How about a hard civics test before hand? How about knowing a person has a basic concept of how this country works before they get to decide the outcomes of other people that do?

I'd be okay with the test ---- but would prefer a means test as has been the case since, well, Athens, Greece. A record of Income earned works for me as well as land-owning. Stock-owning. The problem with the franchise being extended to deadbeats has been an issue forever --- Rome had the Gracchi brothers who wanted to increase their own vote by increasing the number of "dems"; The French Revolution went pretty far down the path of giving the franchise to the worst of the Paris mob, but not all the way. The Dems in the 2020s trying to increase it to illegals, felons, retarded, people in old folk's homes who didn't ask for ballots, blacks in the cities, the absolutely destitute whose one idea is "gimme some free shit." This is a VERY recent development and a very bad one. The franchise needs to be restricted at the very LEAST to people who are literate and who have a record of income or land-owning.

 

[rightwinger]

Then I spose he should be paying the same in taxes, eh?

Has nothing to do with your right to vote.

Should someone who profits off of huge Government projects paid for by taxes be allowed to vote?

 

[TNHarley]

can we do that for elected offices as well?

If we got rid of all the dumbfucks voting, we wouldnt have much of a problem.
Imagine an electorate that wouldnt give people like MTG(complete fucking loon) AOC(that thinks our banks can print money and that would pay for her green new deal) etc a chance of being in DC.

 

[dblack]

Has nothing to do with your right to vote.

The subject was "skin in game".

Should someone who profits off of huge Government projects paid for by taxes be allowed to vote?

No one should profit from huge government projects. Let's fight to end that kind of socialism.

 

[rightwinger]

It's a slippery slope when you start deciding who does and doesn't get to vote. The impulse is to limit it to people who you approve of, who agree with you.

That's not a good path to go down for a freedom loving society. It leads to authoritarian or fascist states.

It comes down to the current Republican strategy of choosing your voters.
They gerrymander to set up Congressional and State Districts that will support them
They limit access to voting by limiting mail in ballots, requiring Voter ID, limiting hours and polling places in districts that don’t vote Republican.

 

[rightwinger]

If we got rid of all the dumbfucks voting, we wouldnt have much of a problem.
Imagine an electorate that wouldnt give people like MTG(complete fucking loon) AOC(that thinks our banks can print money and that would pay for her green new deal) etc a chance of being in DC.

You are the #1 Dumbfuck who should not be allowed to vote