We can play the “what if” or “whatabout” game all day, and it will be just as pretentious and insulting as it was before to suggest that the votes of the poorest among us are a burden.
I never suggested it was a burdon. Just asking how much (comparted to 55 cents) they paid before. Either for gas, for bus fair, or other such ways of getting to the polling location or mail for a ballot.
Legit question.
Was the getting to a polling location for decades a burdon?
Render to Ceasar those things that are Ceasar’s and to The Lord, those things that are The Lord’s. When someone’s POV is not conducive to their own well being relating to Ceasar’s world, be smart enough to shut up. Outside of that, here in the real world…quietly…I’ve got your back and I’ll let all those who’ve crossed my path witness for me…while I shut up.
No I’m in a thread where the courts said a 55 cent stamp for services is NOT a poll tax. Just like they would rule that the federa gas tax on a gallon of gas to drive to the polling location is NOT a tax. Just like they would rule that paying fare for a bus (a service) to get to a polling location is NOT a tax.
None of the others were a burden, so a 55 cent stamp (or 2) or walking or taking a bus, or driving to the county recorder isn’t a burden either.
That’s right…and generosity is using your own resources, not the resources of those, not your own. You grasping this concept is very important to our present exchange.
No it’s not. It’s based on their history and if up and till the point of voting…you can’t afford a stamp, you have shown that your methodology being applied in Ceasar’s world…isn’t working.
It relates to the ability of the voter to make good decisions.
Now before you go with a typical “so you are saying that the poor do not deserve to vote” strawman, I will point out that I am simply refuting your point that such people have a greater need to vote. I maintain the need for them to vote is no more and no less than anyone else’s. WE - WE - have a need for all people, including those who make better decisions, to vote.
You responded to a comment I made in response to something that was specifically said by someone else. If you didn’t want to participate in THAT part of the discussion, why reply to me?
If you want to chase rabbits down holes and play what ifs, knock yourself out!
Trying to remember the verse where Jesus demanded compensation for helping the poor, or suggested their opinions were burdens. Maybe you could make a meme with that one?
Do you think this is all about the hand your dealt? It’s more often…by far…not. It’s about how you played your hand…and you played it so lousy, your opinion is useless at the poker table of life.