Paft: Because in the past such taxes have been used as a way of disenfranchising the poor. LIke the idea? mc: Yes,
Which is why you see no problem with it. You would disenfranchise large chunks of the American populace.
mc: and machetes can be used to chop people up and cars used to run people over and these things have been historically used that way as well. That's no reason to outlaw cars or ban machetes. The charge for the ID card is practically nominal. If you're worried about the poor on welfare then the problem there could be solved by merely allowing those on welfare to use their welfare ID cards at the voting polls.
Except that you just admitted that you LIKE the idea of disenfranchising the poor.
Re: The political sphere is a funhouse.
mc: Yes,
Which is why you see no problem with it. You would disenfranchise large chunks of the American populace.
mc: and machetes can be used to chop people up and cars used to run people over and these things have been historically used that way as well. That's no reason to outlaw cars or ban machetes. The charge for the ID card is practically nominal. If you're worried about the poor on welfare then the problem there could be solved by merely allowing those on welfare to use their welfare ID cards at the voting polls.
Except that you just admitted that you LIKE the idea of disenfranchising the poor.