Should I Lose My Voting Privileges?

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I’ve been on Obamacare for nine years now. And it’s always bothered me. I don’t think welfare should go to the upper middle class. It should only go to the working class and poor. But I take my annual gift from the taxpayers because that’s what the political majority wants. Who, after all, am I to argue with the infinite wisdom of our Woke-led political majority?

But it still bothers me. Our whole system of government is predicated on checks and balances, and the only check the taxpayers have against paycheck slavery is voting. And that check isn’t very formidable—especially when you consider that the ratio of tax-eaters to taxpayers in the electorate keeps growing every year.

So what to do? Maintain the status quo? Or provide the taxpayers with additional safeguards?

The position taken here is that we need more than voting to protect the taxpayers from the ravenous maw of the tax-eaters. We need to punish abusive tax-eaters the same way we punish abusive citizens. If a citizen abuses his freedom and commits a felony, he loses his right to vote. Likewise, if a tax-eater abuses the generosity of the taxpayers, he should also lose his right to vote.

Here’s my proposal:

  • If you’re on any of the following welfare programs for five or more consecutive years, you lose the right to vote in federal elections.
    • Medicaid
    • Obamacare
    • TANF (formerly AFDC)
    • SNAP (formerly food stamps)
    • Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly Section 8)
    • Supplemental Security Income
    • Earned Income Tax Credit
  • Once you’re off all the above welfare programs for a year, your right to vote will be restored.
  • Finally, we have to do something about corporate welfare. Corporations suckle on the teat of government just as much as unwed mothers do, and their abuse of the taxpayers shouldn’t be tolerated as well. Here’s a suggestion:
    • If a business receives more than $10,000 a year in subsides or tax loopholes, the following restrictions apply:
      • The total annual compensation for the president or CEO of said business shall not exceed four times the median annual salary in America. If a president or CEO wants to get rich, he needs do it without the help of the taxpayers.
      • Neither the employees of said business nor their family members may contribute any money to any politician, PAC, or NGO. The ability of businesses to purchase more welfare ends the moment they start receiving welfare. If they’re really passionate about “democracy,” and want to “lobby” for good government, their hands don’t belong in the pockets of the taxpayers.

Okay, groovy freedomist, that’s all I got. What say you? I say I shouldn’t be allowed to vote until I’m a year removed from Obamacare subsidies. My abuse of the taxpayers has continued long enough. Let me know what you think when you get a chance. Peace.


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9 responses to “Should I Lose My Voting Privileges?”

  1. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is often paid to folks born with severe disabilities that will be present throughout their lifetimes. I’m not in favor of removing their right to vote.

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      Mr. Groovy

      Agreed. I was under the impression that a good percentage of SSI recipients are alcoholic or drug-addled. But it’s really hard to find the exact percentage. Google isn’t very helpful in this regard. But, yes, no one who is laid low by nature should ever lose the right to vote. I have no problem with blind people on SSI voting.

  2. Oh wow! I love it (except for the inclusion of SSI for disabled folks). Have you thought about running for office? Please do!

    1. Mr Groovy already reveals too much personal information. I can’t imagine how life under a microscope would be if he held office. Besides, he hates public speaking. But thanks for your confidence in him.

      1. Haha. So true. I have atrocious public speaking skills.

        1. Your skills are fine. You just get nervous.

    2. Thank you for your kind words, Dale. Appreciate it. I was torn by SSI as well. A lot of people, such as the blind, were hobbled by nature, and their SSI is justified. But a lot of SSI recipients, such as the alcoholic and the drug-addled, have been hobbled by their own stupidity. So I would do a carve out for the blind. Only the alcoholic and drug-addled should be denied the vote after being on SSI for five consecutive years.

  3. As the debt bomb train rockets down the debt mountain with gvt/Congress/voters asleep at the throttle and brake, many taboo changes await the derail.
    One of the first signs is sticky interest rates as Congress struggles to make even tiny spending cuts of the two trillion needed.
    The coming changes for survival could rival those necessary during WWII.

    1. Well said, my friend. A national debt larger than the GDP isn’t sustainable. Our federal government should have been placed on an austerity budget years ago. No NATO, no foreign aid, no COLAs for Social Security, no student loans for the expensive and wasteful bachelor’s degree credential, etc., etc. If Americans don’t want to pay for big, save-the-world government, Americans don’t get big, save-the-world government.

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