should rich people be allowed to vote?

Question

seems like they don't really need anything, they're set for life and they know it.

why not only let the poor vote who they think might improve their lives?

anyone making more than 15 times the average income, would be considered "rich".

i'm not jealous of your curse.

it's like the old Maury defence.."You jes jealous, beeoch!"

you wish life were that simple.

Answer 1

I think rich people should be allowed to vote... but only ONE vote per person... which is considerably less than what they are able to purchase right now...

If this country were honest in its record keeping, we would see that more than half the people in this country fall BELOW the average.
Poverty is a much bigger problem than our "reaganomics-based" records indicate.

For instance - it's easy to say we have low unemployment when you only count people who are currently recieving unemployment checks and registered to find work.

Did you know that there are 400 billionaires in the USA?
That's just enough to bring up all the averages for the million people who fall below the REAL poverty line.

Answer 2

Where would you draw the line between rich and poor? And why shouldn't the rich be allowed to vote. Things like taxes can affect them just as much as other people, and they don't necessarrilly want our country going to war over every little thing.

All men are created equal.

That goes both ways. You can't just say "Oh, you have more money then us, so we're taking away one of your rights" How would you like it if they did the opposite of what your saying.

Answer 3

The voting laws are fine as is, not allowing rich people to vote would be idiotic. It's not like everything in life is a matter of wealth.

Answer 4

Would you not like to be rich? Don't fool yourself, you certainly do not fool anyone else by saying no. If you get rich will YOU give up YOUR right? Sure you would.
The poor don't vote now, why do you think they would then.
A few problems. It would take a constitutional amendment. It would have to pass congress. THEY are rich.
Where did you come up with this idea?

Answer 5

no way might desire to the wealthy be waiting to vote: they commonly substitute into wealthy with the help of having others artwork for them, growing to be jobs, that's a danger to liberalism, which tells us that the greater people who stay in a based, needy state, the a lot greater probable they are to proceed getting elected, making delivers to get the damaging out of their economic bind, in spite of the fact that they intend to do the suitable opposite to advance their very own reason (and economic business enterprise bills). they are able to cope with to pay for issues something human beings won't be able to and that they do no longer supply their a refund to place all human beings on equivalent economic footing, furthering the ideals of real communism. they are in truth against liberalism, so like all different American who speaks or acts out against it, their rights might desire to be constrained or revoked thoroughly. in the event that they are able to't vote, there is way less opposition to liberalism, bringing us somewhat nearer to the main suitable purpose that the founding fathers had in techniques on the Constitutional convention. what an marvelous theory.

Answer 6

No, it's just that more people need to vote instead of sitting back thinking their votes do not count. I know there are more poor people than "rich" people.

Answer 7

That is returning to days when Women and African Americans could not vote.

Everyone has issues they care about, what does money have to do with belief in where a candidate stands on abortion or the environment?

Answer 8

And how do you define rich? Anyone who makes a dollar more than you do?
We can't arbitraily decine a certain section of the population should lose their right to vote just because we don't like them. (or are jealous)

Answer 9

I don't think they can do that with out changinf the law. According t Sen. Clinton she wants to give free health care to people making $95,000 or more and thank goodness Sen. Obama called her on it, so I don't think she would want t lose that base. take care.

Answer 10

...that's insane. A lot of rich people earned their riches from a state of abject poverty. Just because someone is more successful than you doesn't make them evil. To my mind, I pay more every year than lots of folks make, so my contribution to this country is larger than 75% of the population, and, I suspect, yours.