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Old 07-30-17, 05:28 PM   #3476
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Originally Posted by mapuc View Post
Don't know if it have been mentioned before.

A friends friend told me that an American who's unemployed and homeless does not have the right to vote in an election or referendum.

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Which is reasonable. Nobody should have any option to vote for forcing others to generate him an income. No representation without contribution, to lend a bit from the famous slogan of the Boston Tea Party (no taxation without representation).

I think prison inmatess cannot vote in the US, or some US states, too, but I am not certain. If true, I would agree with that as well.

None of the two points mean that I stopped arguing against elections and "democracy" in general. I'm just a little pedantic on those two points.
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