• marx2k@lemmy.world
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      There’s been a not-single-digit amount of arguments from the right lately that only people that pay taxes should have a vote because they’re the ones putting skin into the game.

      Its like no one on the right ever picked up a history book.

      We did all this already. We decided as a nation that it was dumb and moved on.

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        If all taxpayers can vote then a lot of young people who can’t currently vote would become eligible. Also, so would most non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants. What conservatives don’t realize is that most undocumented immigrants pay taxes (and generally get back less than they pay).

        • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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          I think that the idea is likely those who have a net payment into taxes, rather than having it covered with credit or deduction. That might backfire though due to ultra wealthy tax avoidance.

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      There’s a 30 acre plot of woods for sale behind my house. Somebody should buy it and sell 1 square foot blocks of it to people for something like $5 each.

      Yeah, I know it’s not truly viable, but it would be awesome if it worked as a tactic to land ownership clauses.

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      You can get all of your rights back of course, if you agree to submit a special voting form that only contains the republican candidates.

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      I’ve played enough Victoria 3 to know that returning to landed voting after universal suffrage is not a good idea

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      A lot of that land is owned by corporations. To make it fair, we should allow them to vote was well.