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Re:Hundreds lose water source in Colorado's poorest county w... by rbanffy on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:30PM (#45017935)
Wouldn't this kind of reasoning - no taxes, no votes - end up making anyone who doesn't pay taxes, by whatever means, unable to participate in democratic governance?

I'm asking for a couple billionaires.

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Re:Hundreds lose water source in Colorado's poorest county w... by Jensson on Monday August 25, 2025 @06:08PM (#45019702)
> I'm asking for a couple billionaires.

Their companies pay taxes, so no that argument doesn't work. Every company pays some form of employee taxes and so on, there is no way to get around that.

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Re:Hundreds lose water source in Colorado's poorest county w... by rbanffy on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @12:24PM (#45028714)
> Every company pays some form of employee taxes

Employees pay those. And companies don't vote (they need to bribe politicians through donations).

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