I
believe the Founders realized the downfall of a pure democracy is
allowing voters to elect politicians that promise benefits from the
public treasury. The safeguard against this was
allowing only property owners and heads of households to vote. Of
course, this long ago went by the wayside, but
nothing short of restricting voting rights to taxpayers will stop
the runaway spending, because voters
with no skin in the game always find it easy to spend other people's
money.
A
Republic demands equality under the law, respects the property rights
of the individual and derives its just powers from those who work to
support it. A Democracy demands equal suffrage
under the government, expects the distribution of wealth and is
destroyed by those who contribute nothing. Our
Founders rebelled at “taxation without representation,” but
neither did they desire representation without taxation.
The voter ID America needs is a paid tax receipt.
Jim
