Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote

Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by jstanley on Saturday December 02, 2017 @07:01PM (#15835103)

Being undocumented only creates an underclass if you require people to be documented!

There's nothing inherently wrong with existing as a living being without declaring your existence (or, realistically, asking permission for your existence) to the government.

Nobody is complaining about animals roaming the world freely without documents. In fact birds routinely cross borders without being stopped or even noticed.

Why do people need to be monitored?

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Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by lamarpye on Sunday December 03, 2017 @01:51AM (#15836359)

So they can be taxed?

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Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by aaron-lebo on Saturday December 02, 2017 @07:05PM (#15835120)

If you have documentation requirements of any kind (dejure or defacto), without documentation you are at a disadvantage. There's a lot of processes that require single if not multiple forms of ID, today.

You don't have to mandate it for anything but voting. But if you do want one, they should be easy for anyone to obtain. If the poor can't prove who they are, they can't do a lot. They'll always be poor.

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