ManglerOne
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Apr 14, 2021 11:37 PM
ManglerOne
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godzilladc
Tell me about it. As a citizen of the nation's capital, I'm am taxed without representation.
dakotaranch
How can I sign up to get purged.. I got a 10 spot in my pocket for anyone who can purge me.
exbenedict
ConfederacyOfDunces
DrunkSideOfTheMoon
DC’s been getting taxed without representation for years and it has a bigger population than two other states. It’s all kinda of fucked
2bithacker
floridajew
That’s a slippery slope because you know the republicans will just say that next only people who paid taxes can vote
floridajew
Of course that means trump won’t be able to vote anymore so.....
DocHarriers
Fun fact. Permanent Resident Aliens pay tax and are not allowed to vote. They also continue to pay tax on leaving the county until they
DocHarriers
give up the PRA status.
Devious11
Pretty sure that law would be useless because they are allowed to vote in every election. Unless you live in some shit hole like New York
Devious11
you can register same day.
wandermanspacebot
I guess you haven't been paying attention to the raft of laws passed recently restricting registration periods.
alecdshope
This brings up the question of felons, especially ones who have served their time and made required restitution.
UpsideDownBranana
If you can’t vote...you should not be forced to pay!
MrTay
Felons should not have to pay tax until they can vote. Or felons should be allowed to vote.
alecdshope
My preference is a simple path to voting reinstatement after serving their time and paying any fines, not exempting people from taxes.
Jopler420
wait, your felons cant vote?
alecdshope
Varies by state, but mostly no. Some have a process to get voting rights back with varying difficulty, again by state.
HeyOP
This would encourage non-participation in elections, specifically among the poverty stricken.
HeyOP
2) And they'd still be taxed on every purchase, every time they paid utilities, virtually every transaction.
HeyOP
3) Downvote if you must, but I guarantee you there would be legal objections on the grounds of voter suppression. And they'd have a point.
minionofdoom
This comment makes it sound like if you don't vote, they wipe your voting registration which to me as a non-American sounds dumb af
HeyOP
1) Not having voted in one or two elections for which you were eligible to vote is generally one of the prerequisites to being purged from
HeyOP
2) voter registration rolls. Does it not sound even more dumb to be purging active voters?
spgcorno
It doesn’t say that if you choose not to vote you don’t pay. It says if you are told that you can’t vote, then you can’t be told to pay.
Bones147
But then they'd be presented with "as long as you don't vote, you don't have to pay taxes."
HeyOP
1) It still encourages non-participation. The manner in which voter rolls are purged is open legislation, not some clandestine measure.
HeyOP
2) First, get on voter rolls. Then, meet those conditions to be purged. If you want to move the goalpost to "you can't be taxed if you show
HeyOP
3) "up and you've been removed from the rolls" then add going to a polling place to "attempt" to vote after you know you've been purged.
HeyOP
4) Further, it will encourage support of expedited roll purges among those who just want to pay fewer taxes by gaming that system.
SageOfDepth
What?? I think the point here is that nobody should be "purged" from being able to vote unless they're fucking dead.
HeyOP
I'm not talking about the intent, I'm talking about the outcome. Since when does actual intent matter in politics?