In all cases, the idea is to filter out the non-responsibles. As in, let the useful decide. The useful, the responsible: the assets. Those who contribute in tax more than they take is a better measure because it includes all the ways people can be useful, while land ownership and veterancy are merely two arbitrary criteria. The 20-something with a steady job deserves his voice.
In this instance my concern is to give the franchise of voting not merely to the productive, but to those with an interest in the long term benefit to, and continuation of, a civilized, moral, Christian society.
The productive should not, ever, be slaves to the parasite class, and as such net negative taxpayers just simply shouldn't vote, I agree. But with the idea above it's more about time preferences and having something invested in society. With child rearing families, their kids, and with veterans, having put their own ass on the line.
We're speaking similar things with different conclusions. I was implying that people with income ARE invested in society and its long-term evolution, in its general majority. If tax negatives couldn't vote today with today's populations, most pressing political issues would get fixed.
In all cases, the idea is to filter out the non-responsibles. As in, let the useful decide. The useful, the responsible: the assets. Those who contribute in tax more than they take is a better measure because it includes all the ways people can be useful, while land ownership and veterancy are merely two arbitrary criteria. The 20-something with a steady job deserves his voice.
In this instance my concern is to give the franchise of voting not merely to the productive, but to those with an interest in the long term benefit to, and continuation of, a civilized, moral, Christian society.
The productive should not, ever, be slaves to the parasite class, and as such net negative taxpayers just simply shouldn't vote, I agree. But with the idea above it's more about time preferences and having something invested in society. With child rearing families, their kids, and with veterans, having put their own ass on the line.
We're speaking similar things with different conclusions. I was implying that people with income ARE invested in society and its long-term evolution, in its general majority. If tax negatives couldn't vote today with today's populations, most pressing political issues would get fixed.