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PADemD

(4,482 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 08:40 AM Aug 2012

I like this idea!

"And now the commonwealth of Pennsylvania would deny that right to vote to anyone who does not have a picture ID. This is a serious problem. But it invites a serious solution. Any citizen of Pennsylvania who is denied the right to vote should not be required to pay taxes. If the Legislature wants our taxes, it must allow us to vote.

"Those who care about our democracy can go a step further.

"So long as the government of Pennsylvania disenfranchises some of its citizens, then all of its citizens should withhold their taxes in sympathy. Put them in escrow until the Legislature returns the right to vote to all Pennsylvania's citizens. That is a tea party that every Democrat and Republican of conscience should join."

http://www.mcall.com/opinion/yourview/mc-voter-id-gerard-yv--20120819,0,584137.story

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I like this idea! (Original Post) PADemD Aug 2012 OP
Y'all got your hands full up there. Blanks Aug 2012 #1
K&R nt avebury Aug 2012 #2
Absolutely... tosh Aug 2012 #3
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