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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
How does any of this relate to Tocqueville's comment about the American system will last only until the populace begins to vote themselves monies from the public treasury?
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On the face of it, imposing said requirement to pay federal taxes before being eligible to vote for anyone seeking federal office, might have the effect of winnowing out a large portion of those who's only reason for voting is to vote themselves said public funds - ie, more entitlements.
Even if it didn't, at the least it would only be the people who are footing the bill - those actually paying taxes - who had the most say in how public funds were spent. If they still screwed it up and voted in politicians that still ran the country bankrupt, they'd have only themselves to blame - no blaming this or that ethnic or racial group or societal class, ie, "it's all the fault of those welfare deadbeats".