At 08:49 AM 8/31/2009, you wrote:
In defense of Ryan, the idea
that only landowners should be allowed to vote is so absurd that many
would consider that "racist". I took Ryan's reply to be
merely mocking the ignorance (and racist undertone) that only landowners
should be given the right to vote. Since we're pointing fingers and
all...
I fail to see the "racist undertone" in that
comment........ANYONE can be a landowner in the USA -- one does not even
have to be a citizen to own land here.
The truth is, I own land and real estate in several states...and live and
am allowed to vote in only one of them (none of them are in the Chicago
area <G>). Yet my tax dollars support those other cities,
counties and states.....but I am not allowed to vote on any of the things
that determine my taxes there.......
So, should I be allowed to vote in each of those districts?
Or:
Should those who do not pay property taxes - non-landowners (stop and
think WHERE that tax money goes; what it is used for), be allowed to vote
on those very projects that use MY money?
Do "renters" pay school taxes, fire taxes, community college
taxes, etc...??
It's a little more interesting when you write the checks to the taxing
authorities........and it becomes a pretty narrow line on who should pay
for, or use, or be taxed on some specific things......
Now back to my first line: ANYONE can own land here -- so, based on
my argument above, should we allow foreigners to vote because they own
land here?
lyle tuttle