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Offline formerlurker

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The voting tax/assessment
« on: July 18, 2011, 04:59:56 PM »
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Rep. Capuano, I’d Pay Your Supporters $10 NOT To Vote
Monday, July 18, 2011


Congressman Michael Capuano, fresh from his call for government union members to “get a little bloody” in their fight for more tax dollars, now has another brilliant idea: Punish voters for not voting.

[Capuano] also raised a potential scenario in which Americans are assessed $10, “and if you go vote, you get your 10 dollars back.”

http://michaelgraham.com/archives/rep-capuano-i-rsquo-d-pay-your-supporters-10-not-to-vote/


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Offline Chris_

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Re: The voting tax/assessment
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2011, 05:02:55 PM »
I'm pretty sure it's illegal (selling votes, that is).
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Re: The voting tax/assessment
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2011, 05:21:14 PM »
Since the front side of that plan is that you'd have to put in the $10 to vote in the first place, it'd be an illegal poll tax.
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Re: The voting tax/assessment
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2011, 06:26:25 AM »
Riiight.....

You can't even get the DEMS to agree to showing an ID at the polls.
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Re: The voting tax/assessment
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2011, 06:33:38 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on July 18, 2011, 05:21:14 PM
Since the front side of that plan is that you'd have to put in the $10 to vote in the first place, it'd be an illegal poll tax.

Since when did the law ever matter to liberals?  And I wonder if Rep. Capuano realizes it was southern DEMOCRATS who used the poll tax to disenfranchise minorities.

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Re: The voting tax/assessment
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2011, 09:33:36 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on July 19, 2011, 06:26:25 AM
Riiight.....

You can't even get the DEMS to agree to showing an ID at the polls.

Well, with this idea, they'd be all for it so they could get their money back.

How about this, skip 3 elections, your registration is suspended. You have to go and re-instate it in person, with ID
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Re: The voting tax/assessment
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2011, 07:45:40 AM »
Quote from: docstew on July 19, 2011, 09:33:36 PM
Well, with this idea, they'd be all for it so they could get their money back.

How about this, skip 3 elections, your registration is suspended. You have to go and re-instate it in person, with ID

We need less voters in federal elections, not more. What we need to do is weed the moochers from the voter roles. If you're on welfare, your voting rights are suspended until you get back on your feet. 
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