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To: Oblomov who wrote (18607)11/6/2000 2:54:00 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik  Read Replies (2) of 436258
 
I'm curious (since the topic got re-broached): what would you think of this twist on the "modest proposal"? Offer true European-style "cradle to grave" government caretaking, but at the cost of the recipient's right to vote. Or if that be too harsh, allow them to vote, but give the government dependents' ballots less weight than non-dependent citizens. For some reason a compromise at a level of three-fifths comes to mind.

I'm confident that most Americans view the power of their vote similarly. If given the choice between voting/paying taxes and not-voting/not paying taxes, do you think that any but a small minority would actually vote? It would make a mockery of our political system. And this is my true motive in suggesting this "modest proposal". -g-
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