The right to vote.?

Question

What do you think of having 2 new prereguisites for voting:
1: You must pass a simple IQ test, so at least we know that you're bright enough to make up their own minds

2. Should the vote of a welfare cow who pays no taxes count as much as, well, anyone who pays taxes. In other words, the more you pay in taxes the more votes you get.


I know these might not be very popular, but why should stupid people be able to vote themselves more welfare benefits, but then again we don't want anybody voting for whomever gets them the most stuff.

To those who thinks it's bad to have voting based on IQ is the same as the racist "let's exclude the blacks" tests, it's not. It's not discriminating against the race, intellect yes, and that's completely constitutional.

And we do NOT live in a democracy! Democracies are evil, we live in a Representative Republic. They very different.
And the constitution never says we have a right to vote, it only says you can't disciminate against people because of race.

And as for feeling sorry for the uneducated, whose fault is it that they are uneducated? THEIRS, no one elses! Where you are in life is the sum of your choices, barring physical or mental disability. And if you are mentaly disabled then you are exempt from the law.

Answer 1

Not only unpopular but unconstitutional & undemocratic as well. VERY bad ideas.

Answer 2

No where in the Constitution does it say you have a right to vote for anyone higher than a member of the House of Representatives. Since it was good enough for the founding fathers I could live with that. But if I were dictator for a day I'd go even further. I'd have two classes of citizenship, voting and non-voting. A non-voting citizen would have all the rights and privileges of a voting citizen except for two, they couldn't vote and they couldn't be elected to public office. To become a voting citizen you would have to be at least 18 years of age and have served at least two years in the service of the government. If this sounds familiar to you re-read 'Starship Troopers', read the book don't just watch that half @ss movie. The only other conditions I would add would be that you could not exercises your voting franchise while in the service of the government or while collecting a paycheck from the government other than a retirement or disability check. I base my reasoning for these idea's on the writings of Plato and the political bribery of ancient Rome (bread & circuses).

Answer 3

Stupid and poor are two totally different things. The fact that you pay more in taxes simply means you're rich, not intelligent. This would prevent people like policemen, teachers, firefighters, artists and volunteers from having political power; meanwhile, people like Donald Trump and Paris Hilton would wield massive political influence.

What you are proposing in point #1 is a lot like the "reading tests" used to keep blacks from voting in the 1950s. Point #2 is basically a return to medieval aristocracy. I'd say both ideas have proven themselves worse than the current state.

Answer 4

No way.. IQ test? That's impractical and probably would be laughed at if it were on paper. It’s just another way for society to blame uneducated citizens for voting for someone-- educated people don’t like. Someone educated is more likely to have a higher IQ than someone who is not…so you’re discriminating against those individuals who are not educated.

I see your point though.

Implying that those who are on welfare should not have rights is a pompous judgment ... The Constitution does not exclude people just because they are welfare recipients (as long as they are US citizens).


If you have a social security number.. you're okay in my book!!

Answer 5

yeahhh sometimes i get really pissed off at how ignorant how nation is, and i cant believe everyone is allowed to vote.. however.. that's a separate issue all on its own (education reform)

besides, we need to get more people to the polls so making it harder to vote will mean less people do it.


this is for patriot07 : just because someone is on welfare, it doesn't mean they are lazy or aren't contributing. my family had to be on welfare for a little while growing up because both my parents had lost there jobs, and they ended up working so hard to get us off government support. I really respect them for what they did.

and welfare is good for the economy. When you give a $1000 check to someone who has no money, theyre going to spend every dime. if you give that same amount back to a richer family in tax breaks, then they are most likely going to save it, which is bad for the economy.

don't make assumptions.

Answer 6

you are on to something!...nobody on welfare should have the right to vote at all.