Re:No Fixed Address Bank Account
by yakubin on Sunday May 08, 2022 @09:25AM
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Regarding voting, I think people who pay taxes should only be allowed to vote based on the place they pay their taxes in. It really annoys me that because I don't have a long-term address, I need to separately register where I live at a given time to vote in local elections, to have any say in what the money I pay in taxes is spent on, while there are many people who pay their taxes in one place and vote in another, where they haven't contributed a penny. Those things should be linked.
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Re:No Fixed Address Bank Account
by vineyardmike on Sunday May 08, 2022 @01:57PM
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I travel a lot, I spend 50% of time at home in city A, 25% in city B and 25% in city C. Often when I travel it’s election time in some locality. Once in a while it’s an issue I have a strong opinion on, and I spent a lot of time in that city so I understand the issue. I’d love to be able to split my voting power by where I spend my time and offer 25% of a vote to city B’s impactful referendum. Instead I’m forced to pick only one city to call home even though I feel a sense of being at home in multiple places.
I think voting should be about where you physically are and where you spend your time.
What about people who don't pay tax because they don't earn enough. Should they be allowed to vote?
Re:No Fixed Address Bank Account
by ElevenLathe on Sunday May 08, 2022 @11:06AM
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They still owe taxes, it's just that some years their obligation is $0.
Edit: also there are things like fuel and sales tax that almost everyone owes, even if they don't have to pay income tax.