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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Ustwo are you suggesting that if someone doesn't pay taxes they shouldn't be allowed to vote? Or when you say bulk do mean that only those who pay taxes abouve a certain percentage or their income or a fixed dollar amount?
Either way you are either disenfranchising the poor (who are not neccessarily illiterate) or the wealthy who have tax sheltered their income (who are not neccessarily literate).
In the end everyone over certain age is, generally, responsible for paying taxes. I don't see that it matters who pay more. When broken down as a percentage of income (which income taxes generally are) we are all effected equally.
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I am suggesting that when you have a disconnect from the system, it will lead to unfair policies. Somewhere I read that 30-40% of the eligible voters pay no income tax, and that the number is on the rise. Why should they care about fiscal responsibility, tax rates, or the like, they have no investment in the system?