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Thread #68962   Message #1165678
Posted By: Amos
19-Apr-04 - 11:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Should Non-citizens Be Allowed to Vote?
Subject: RE: BS: Should Non-citizens Be Allowed to Vote?
The criteria for voting should continue to be citizenship, not taxes alone. The reason is that there are some criteria for good voting thathaving money and paying taxes just don't meet. Paying taxes does not make you infomred, orconscious of the issues, or give you any sense of the context into which you are voting. At least citizenship does a little of that.

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