10-02-2017, 03:23 PM
(09-30-2017, 12:25 AM)Kinser79 Wrote:(09-24-2017, 10:58 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: I'd also argue that at some level, it makes sense to limit the franchise to people who pay taxes. This would control the problem of people on the dole becoming a majority and voting for economic collapse. It might be difficult to implement in practice, though.
It might be easier to limit the franchise to people who either earn X number of dollars per year, or Y amount of property in the form of land/assets.
This was originally how it was done in Colonial America and the early Republic. The idea does have considerable merit since people who depend on government checks would tend have a less than stellar decision making process. This would be a good way of reducing the moral hazard of a welfare state which is no bad thing. The fact that the libtards will scream about it is another point in its favor.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises