Quote Originally Posted by stillaneon View Post
Then let's meet in the middle? Seems to me that if you don't pay taxes or recieve a substancial amount of assistance from the government, then you don't deserve the right to vote. Not being a biggot, because I sure am not wealthy, but to allow the people who are contributing nothing, vote (and this time around a good number did so based purely on Race) seems idiotic.

I don't think it's fair to say that blue collar workers can't vote, but there needs to be new guidelines, based purely on the idea that the nation is a business...
I agree to a point, however I think a better way to go about it would be something like a "civics" test that would require that people to have a basic understanding of our political system, how it works, why it's setup the way it is as well as a basic understanding of simple economics and our economy. There is a great deal of people out there who truly think that the govt can provide "free" healthcare, and sustain entitlement programs indefintely with no real way to pay for them. Nothing is free, and there are some people who absolutely cannot grasp that concept.