Tom Tancredo
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From: Carbon on 7 Feb 2010 11:23 On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:55:40 -0500, BAR wrote: > In article <ae8a32c0-f97f-4e25-ad48-467fb695fa32 > @o3g2000vbo.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says... > >> In a speech to the Tea Party convention, Tancredo said Obama was a >> "committed socialist ideologue," who was elected by people who can't >> read or write. He said a civics literacy test should be a >> prerequisite for voting. I'm just wondering what the Republicans here >> think about this. Do you defend him? > > Why don't you ask the southern Democrats, they are the ones who worked > the hardest to disenfranchise the black people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
From: Carbon on 7 Feb 2010 11:30 On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:27:48 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote: > Well for example let's say that every person automatically gets one > vote. Then in addition say that for every thousand dollars a person pays > in income taxes they get another vote. Doing something like this would > weight votes on what government should do based on who is paying for it. > If you pay $12k dollars in income taxes you get two votes. In other news, oil industry shareholders cast 100 million votes to kill alternative energy research. The owners of the US healthcare system put a similar number of votes toward killing any type of healthcare reform.
From: BAR on 7 Feb 2010 11:33 In article <4b6eeaab$0$21241$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... > > On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:27:48 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote: > > > Well for example let's say that every person automatically gets one > > vote. Then in addition say that for every thousand dollars a person pays > > in income taxes they get another vote. Doing something like this would > > weight votes on what government should do based on who is paying for it. > > If you pay $12k dollars in income taxes you get two votes. > > In other news, oil industry shareholders cast 100 million votes to kill > alternative energy research. The owners of the US healthcare system put > a similar number of votes toward killing any type of healthcare reform. Are you a proponent of pay as you go or not? It seems that you support it in some areas but not others, why?
From: Frank Ketchum on 7 Feb 2010 11:46 "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:4b6eeaab$0$21241$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:27:48 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote: > >> Well for example let's say that every person automatically gets one >> vote. Then in addition say that for every thousand dollars a person pays >> in income taxes they get another vote. Doing something like this would >> weight votes on what government should do based on who is paying for it. >> If you pay $12k dollars in income taxes you get two votes. > > In other news, oil industry shareholders cast 100 million votes to kill > alternative energy research. The owners of the US healthcare system put > a similar number of votes toward killing any type of healthcare reform. I thought big corporations and high income earners didn't pay taxes. You guys really need to decide one way or the other.
From: Carbon on 7 Feb 2010 11:52
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:46:00 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote: > "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > news:4b6eeaab$0$21241$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... >> On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:27:48 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote: >> >>> Well for example let's say that every person automatically gets one >>> vote. Then in addition say that for every thousand dollars a person >>> pays in income taxes they get another vote. Doing something like >>> this would weight votes on what government should do based on who is >>> paying for it. If you pay $12k dollars in income taxes you get two >>> votes. >> >> In other news, oil industry shareholders cast 100 million votes to >> kill alternative energy research. The owners of the US healthcare >> system put a similar number of votes toward killing any type of >> healthcare reform. > > I thought big corporations and high income earners didn't pay taxes. > You guys really need to decide one way or the other. If such a loony policy were enacted, the rich and powerful would find a way to vote. Not that there is any earthly chance of it happening. The current corrupt system is much more to their liking and they will make sure it stays that way. |