Should only property owners be allowed to vote in Federal elections?

[Dargil]

Property owners, including real estate, businesses, paper and precious metals owners with a value over $100,000?

[adventurous-1]

absolute not, your talking about millions of people that would be excluded from free elections due to being renters rather that property owners.

[AnonAndrew]

What do you mean when you say "paper" ? Cash?

[Anonymous]

That's a lot of votes for the Chinese government who owns 300000 hectares of American property

[Dargil]

Eventually, we will Nationalize it. China would if tables were turned.

[Opinion Owner]

Nah that would be anti capitalism. At best they'd force the sale

[Anonymous]

Way to urge attacking democracy for the fourth time today.

[MisterWack]

No.
I find ‘We The People’ includes all its citizens not just based on the voices of the few.

In this country, the people rule and that is what makes this country great that anyone can run, anyone can vote, and it should be an expanded freedom not a limited one.

The Founders knew the country would become more liberal as the years would go on, made it a blessing by allowing the govt to Amend the Constitution which gave African Americans & Women the rights to vote. Now more American citizens vote every year which is wonderful.

Also Microsoft collects & sells your data, as an example of a white land holding male that could influence votes. Imagine 100s of $100,000+ men and women who have that power to control you. I just don’t think that is a good thing. The people rule, not the minority over the majority.

[David318578]

Only if you want a civil war. This country is already heavily influenced by the rich. So them buying up all the property like Black Rock does will turn the country back into royalty rules everything

[contentious]

Property in the concept of American ideology include ideas. So anyone with a brain owns property.

[contentious]

James Madison believe the right to intellectual property was based in natural rights philosophy; under the labor theory of property, you have a right to what you produce with your own labor, whether physical or mental. This is where the concept of Intellectual Property comes from and why Americans are allowed to patent ideas.

[AnonAndrew]

@contentious
Ideas aren't property unless you create something from them that is protected by law (copyright, patent, etc).

[contentious]

@AnonAndrew "Productive" huh? So coming up with a brand name is "productive"? No, it's just an idea that you lay claim to. Nobody has to show interest in your brand name. So writing a book of nonsense that nobody reads is "productive"? No, but you can still copyright it. All ideas are property. You can lay claim to said property if someone else has not done so before you.

[contentious]

Legally it just has to be original in the sense that someone else has not laid claim to it. Someone could produce a book with the word shit 250,000 times in a row and publish it as an ebook from their bedroom and get it copyrighted. It's not productive at all and nobody is going to spend money on it, but you can still copyright material like that.

[Avicenna]

No, that is a voting requirement from a long time ago and doesn’t make sense today.

[Anonymous]

So when you said were leaving last week, you meant you'd become an even bigger troll. What a drama queen lol

[exitseven]

Yes, they have the biggest stake in what the government does.

[SmokinAces2000]

Yeah. Also only white men property owners should vote. Let’s really take this country back in time 🙄

[beefcakebradybatson]

They'd just LOVE that, SmokinAces2000!!!(They dream of the good ol' days of slavery !!!)

[AnonAndrew]

@beefcakebradybatson Don't worry, man. I'd make sure I treated you very well as long as you did your work! :-D

(That's just a joke, man. I don't really believe in returning slavery.)

[beefcakebradybatson]

@AnonAndrew I'd club your wife, boyo !!!

[msc545]

I think you mean only MALE WHITE property owners who are veterans, right?

[Dargil]

Property owners, including real estate, businesses, paper and precious metals owners with a value over $100,000. I think I said that.

[Dongie]

It should include any property owner. Even an acre.

[pacificopete]

No, because if you rent you pay property taxes.
But I would limit it to taxpayers.

[Anonymous]

No. All legal non-incarcerated citizens over the age of 21, unless I'm missing something

[Jennz6]

Only citizens

[Dargil]

I can go with that.

[pacificopete]

Nancy pelosi said the border wall is racist. 😭

[DrPepper12]

ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY NOT! Why? 🤔

[Agape93]

Nope

[Alex-Snow]

Absolutely not

[Anonymous]

Absolutely