VOTE WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS
I know a lot of you are getting burned out on the election. We spent a half hour this morning talking about Dunkin’ Donuts coming to town. Democracy isn’t easy, but I think I have an idea to keep voters more engaged. Allow only people who pay taxes to vote. No! I take that back. Let everyone who pays taxes vote, but they get one vote for every $100 they pay in taxes.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s sales, income or property. You pay taxes you vote. If you paid $10,000 in taxes last year on the local level, you get 100 votes. If you paid no taxes because you are either poor or rich and hired an accountant you get nothing. I will concede everyone getting one constitutionally entitled vote, but after that the more taxes you pay, the more votes you get. The logic is simple. The government is a business and the people are shareholders. And the more shares you have, the more votes you are entitled to.
This is not a bad thing people. Think about. The rich will use their votes to elect people who will lower their taxes and ironically, will reduce their say in matters. So the next group can go through. What’s wrong with this? Absolutely nothing. In fact, I am willing to say this plan is so far ahead of its time that it appears almost magical. It’s really more art than science.
Who has a problem with this? Bring it on!
