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- From: al037@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Polewka)
- Newsgroups: talk.philosophy.misc
- Subject: Re: Weighted Suffrage
- Date: 6 Nov 1992 23:10:46 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, rkrii@cco.caltech.edu (Robert Kim Rickenbrode II) says:
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- >>The votes should be weighted according to how much income
- >>tax the voter pays.
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- >This scheme will not work because it just exacerbates the current power
- >bias in our society towards the rich.
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- The middle class pays most of the income taxes.
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