“Get Out the Vote”! It’s a good thing, right? Everybody should vote! It’s your responsibility as an American. It’s patriotic. It’s for the good of the country.
Ask anyone you meet – should every American be allowed to vote? The automatic, enthusiastic, unequivocal response is always: “Yes!”
Just for the exercise, let’s set aside our rigid posture (and the Constitution) and ask, “What is best for our country, and our childrens’ futures?”
Should a person who has never paid taxes get to vote? Where else in the circus of life can a person decide how another person’s money is spent? Half of US citizens pay no federal income taxes, but they still get to elect those who spend the money taken from the other half. Isn’t that a golden opportunity for corruption? I’ll break this down: “Vote for me, and I’ll give you somebody else’s money.
I VOTED! WOO HOO!
Should a person who has no understanding of candidates, issues, government, history, or economics be allowed to vote? Let’s be honest, a large percentage of our citizens are economically and politically illiterate. They don’t read or watch any news. They don’t know who the vice president is. They can’t find China on a globe. And they are absolutely not able to make an intelligent decision about how our government should be run for the benefit of all.
We don’t let children vote. Why? Because we assume they have no clue what they are voting about. Unfortunately, when it comes to important events, many of our adult voters are child-like in their understanding of the world. An astute and well-educated fifth-grader is more qualified to vote than many adults.
Should a person who can’t prove eligibility get to vote? A state legislator from a college town here in Montana was recently testifying against stricter identification rules for state voters. “This is so unfair!” she wailed. “If we lengthen the registration period, how are our out-of-state and international students going to be able to vote?”
In a world where personal identification is a requirement of daily life, asking a voter for ID is just common sense, and everyone knows it. Those who oppose it clearly intend vote fraud.
It may seem that I want to take away the average guy’s right to vote. I don’t. But I do think that every voter should have skin in the game – when each voter pays at least some taxes, he will be more interested in how the money is spent. I think our education system should be dramatically improved so that by adulthood, each citizen knows our country’s history, understands economics, and is equipped to vote intelligently. And I think we should protect the sanctity of our electoral process by making sure that only eligible voters cast ballots.
Call me a rebel.
Tom Balek – Rockin’ On the Right Side
I’d like to help you son,
But you’re too young to vote!
Rockin' On The Right Side 
Very good point! You stated some things that are very obvious to a lot of us. I wish they were that way to a lot more people.
Liberals have been going to sheltered workshops to sign up adults with very low IQ’s for years. They also go to nursing homes and register individuals who are senile. They actively register people who are non- citizens. They even go so far as to say that you shouldn’t have to be a citizen to vote! Clearly they are the minority and want to become the majority by vote fraud. Schools have quit teaching PATRIOTISM in school and instead are often teaching youngsters to almost despise their country and the economic engine that makes this country work. This curriculum approach has become institutionalized under Common Core. Those that love freedom need to understand the threat to our country and our freedoms that is going on in the voting process and our schools. The Education Lady