Tea Party says you should have to own property to vote

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Anonymous wrote:So many people say the actually support the constitution and bill of rights this country was founded on - but yet, rarely do people take the time to actually understand how outdated some of the it is.

I'm actually in favor of this even though I think the tea party is a bunch of idiots.

Oh, good, so only the landed gentry can vote - would that be the same monied people who are telling their congressman not to raise taxes on hedge fund managers because somehow, someway it could affect job growth? The same monied people who'd rather get rid of the entire social safety net in the name of keeping taxes so historically low we (the country) can't pay our bills? Hmm, somehow, I don't think this one will fly. At least not among the sane.

I live in a one bedroom condo which I own. I don't think I'm landed gentry (being a single mom). However, I worked hard to own my own place - so yeah, I'm in favor it. As I believe I have a little more vested in this country as I work hard, pay my taxes and own part of the American dream - vs. someone who just rents it.

Wow, single mom! I know I pay MUCH more in taxes than you. We have to pay quarterly taxes and often on money that hasn't been paid to us. You would like to take away my right to vote because I didn't get sucked into the fallacy that owning is always the best. Some people, especially tech workers, have to be mobile because of a fluctuating job market. We can't be saddled with a house that no one wants to buy. I am glad your industry is more stable. I do think we should get rid of the mortgage tax deduction though. We don't need gov in housing!

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I like this idea. I have 25 more years (until my mortgage is paid off and I truly am a property owner vs someone who for all practical purposes pays Wachovia to live in a house) until I have to move around my schedule on Nov 4 and wear a stupid sticker with a flag on it to prove that voting is why I was late to work? Sign me up!

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Actually, if you are on a mortgage, you don't own shit. The bank owns your home. Sorry.

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Yea, this is basically a way of keeping poor people from voting. and in this country at this time, it's basically a way of keeping middle class people from voting. i am totally shocked at the sheer number of short sighted people on here who don't see that.

And also, most of you people who think you own your house don't actually own your house. Miss a couple of payments and you won't even be IN your house anymore. so maybe you should rethink your position.

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We rent and you can have my right to vote and I won't pay taxes!

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Not going to happen. Better question would be: what if you lived on the moon and do not like cheese?

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Anonymous wrote:Not going to happen. Better question would be: what if you lived on the moon and do not like cheese?

That's an interesting comment, given that you just read through a thread that is based on a premise that is not going to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, maybe we should restrict it to rich, white, landowners, just like the founding fathers did?

Rich, white, landowning MEN! Let's not forget there were no founding mothers. We got many things right in the Constitution, and many more right in the Bill of Rights, butnot everything. Also, at that time, these rich, white landowning men were very highly educated, which is what the landowning was really a proxy for. If we want to institute the British householder system and add an education requirement, then you would be closer to what we originally had, but there goes the ladies' vote. Landowning these days isn't a proxy for anything. I do not feel more qualified to vote than anyone else to whom this right was guaranteed and protected by the Voting Rights Act of 1964, despite owning property in three states.