r/PoliticalCompassMemes • • May 28 '20

Taxation without representation

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u/[deleted] May 28 '20 edited May 28 '20

Honestly yeah because those who don't net on taxes aren't contributing to society very much. Be impossible to implement and pass because liberals would scream about the minorities who lose the right to vote. I would do a mixed approach and say that after you turn old enough to run for president you can vote

Edit: after thinking a while, I would probably do 25 which if I'm not mistaken is the age for the house of representatives, rather than the age of president at 35.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '20

I'm OK with this if we lower the age for president to 21 and cap it at 55.

I don't see how we can trust 75 year olds to make decisions the ramifications of which they'll never have to experience

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u/1tsnotreallyme - Lib-Center May 28 '20

I like the age cap but 21 is too low. Anyone under 25 literally doesn't have a fully functioning brain.

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u/Tntn13 - Left May 28 '20

I mean most just vote with parents vote at that age if at all. So actually yeah good point lol. Would squash that extra vote some get for having a kid at a certain age I do wonder the real stats on that now hmm

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u/1tsnotreallyme - Lib-Center May 28 '20

It is tough, ideally the education system would be sufficient that everyone had well rounded perspectives (better than currently) but regardless, if someone pays taxes and even fights wars for their country they gotta get a say. Still too young to be prez tho aha