As long as we continue to allow non taxpaying citizens to vote, we will continue to have socialists and their ilk being elected to guarantee the handouts they overwhelmingly demand. When the nations founders set forth the framework concerning voting privileges, they did so in a manner to align the resultant legislation with the needs and desires of those who would ultimately foot the bill. Restrictions on voting rights of slaves and women, were established in a such a way as to reflect their perceived economic contribution to the new nation, not as a ideological statement as to their individual worth as humans beings. In many respects, the actions of subsequent generations to open voting rights up to all citizens has perverted the intention of our forefathers. They knew that without a vested financial interest in the outcome of the legislation, it would be more convenient to make the easy "feel good" choices rather than the right and often difficult choices in matters of the Republic.

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