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Originally Posted by RangerDick
Income tax is a whole 'nother ball of wax, Lebell. But, for the sake of argument, why should someone who is unemployed (and by definition, not paying any income tax) decide on how the income tax that pay YOU pay, be spent?
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Well,
To me both questions boil down to a question of how does a society define the electorate.
The ancient Greeks defined it as white men, while we have a much broader definition.
If there were any restrictions I could choose, I would tend towards something like those in "Starship Troopers", i.e., you have to successfully complete a term of federal service before taking responsibility of controlling the government.
But as I know that won't happen, I just don't see that it would be practical to try to limit the elegibility as has been proposed.
This is separate from the logic of it.