Court restores inmates' voting rights

[imind]

Originally Posted by Publius

i think if you are convicted of a felony crime you shouldn't be allowed to vote while in jail (but once your time is served you shoud be able to)... If a person disrespects his fellow citizens so much as to commit a felony crime against them, they abdicate certain rights.

not all felonies are acts against someone/thing. drug possession is a good example.

if you've served your time, IMO, you deserve the right to vote.

[motivez]

That's a great point, though I suppose anti-drug advocates would claim that being in possession of enough drugs to warrant a felony would be putting the lives of other citizens at risk [intent to sell, ruin lives, yadda yadda]

[nbiggershaft]

Originally Posted by AVengeance

Sure. They have something to lose. People that don't OWN anything have nothing to lose by voting for entitlements and the politicians that create them. That's how we got where we are. Not by allowing blacks or women to vote, but by allowing people to vote that freeload off the members of society that actually contribute. Entitlement spending goes up every year because of this fact.

...... wait you where actually serious about the landowner thing?

[AVengeance]

Originally Posted by nbiggershaft

...... wait you where actually serious about the landowner thing?

Yes, and I'll say it again. People that don't OWN ANYTHING don't have anythng to lose by voting for politicians that promise them free stuff. They have no COST to a cost/benefit analysis when they're standing at the ballot box. There is no reason for people that have no real property to do anything except attempt to redistribute other peoples stuff into their greedy hands.

[7960]

Originally Posted by AVengeance

Yes, and I'll say it again. People that don't OWN ANYTHING don't have anythng to lose by voting for politicians that promise them free stuff. They have no COST to a cost/benefit analysis when they're standing at the ballot box. There is no reason for people that have no real property to do anything except attempt to redistribute other peoples stuff into their greedy hands.

Same for poor people. I don't think poor people should be able to vote because all they'll want to do is redistribute money to their poor bank accounts.

.....and rich people...they shouldn't be able to vote because all they'll want to do is vote to keep the money they earned.

.....and black people...they shouldn't be able to vote because all they'll want to do is push "black issues."

.....and jews...all they'll want to do is make us all eat matzo ball soup.

.....and teachers...................

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[Thorgrim]

Originally Posted by AVengeance

Yes, and I'll say it again. People that don't OWN ANYTHING don't have anythng to lose by voting for politicians that promise them free stuff. They have no COST to a cost/benefit analysis when they're standing at the ballot box. There is no reason for people that have no real property to do anything except attempt to redistribute other peoples stuff into their greedy hands.

Again, so you'd strip anyone who is homeless from voting?

[Publius]

Originally Posted by imind

not all felonies are acts against someone/thing. drug possession is a good example.

if you've served your time, IMO, you deserve the right to vote.

i agree, but i don't think drug possession should be a felony crime if a crime at all.

[Publius]

Originally Posted by AVengeance

Yes, and I'll say it again. People that don't OWN ANYTHING don't have anythng to lose by voting for politicians that promise them free stuff. They have no COST to a cost/benefit analysis when they're standing at the ballot box. There is no reason for people that have no real property to do anything except attempt to redistribute other peoples stuff into their greedy hands.

everyone votes for their own self-interest, landowner or no. This is an idiotic argument.

[DosEquis]

Originally Posted by AVengeance

Yes, and I'll say it again. People that don't OWN ANYTHING don't have anythng to lose by voting for politicians that promise them free stuff. They have no COST to a cost/benefit analysis when they're standing at the ballot box. There is no reason for people that have no real property to do anything except attempt to redistribute other peoples stuff into their greedy hands.

I don't own any land... but I do pay taxes and I still have plenty to lose even though i can't bet "the farm". Your assumption that land owners are the only productive americans that contribute to the bottom line is just flat wrong.

"Owning" is an illusion anyway. You are renting from the government via property tax. Quit paying your "rent" and see what happens.