Pressie writes:
In a normal economy, yes. Where I live 70% of the people do not pay rent or municipal taxes or anything. No form of income going into the local government, at all. What happens is that the paying 30% face paying for the rent electricity, etc. for the 70% who pay nothing at all. Coming election time, with 70% not paying for anything, we all know how that will go.
This is a different situation than that faced by the American colonists. They were paying taxes and weren't allowed representation in English Parliament. I would presume you vote in elections, so you have representation. The argument was never for taking away the vote of those who didn't pay taxes. It was the exact opposite, giving the vote to people who do pay taxes.
™ Version 4.2
