Why should the unemployed be allowed to vote? I reckon only landowners should be allowed that privilege

LOL. Commie debate team = *

most of the people on unemployment/welfare/help do not just live their lives for it...sure there are some out there that abuse the system, but seriously you would be cool with all those getting assistance right now to be the homeless begging for your change on the street? to die of starvation b/c the only food they get is from food stamps? not to mention voting does not matter...i am pretty sure i learned in government class in high school that the electoral college votes in the president and they do not have to go with popular vote.

what if somebody owns land AND is unemployed? should they be "allowed" to vote?

or do you mean FORCED TO VOTE!!!!

Unemployed landowner? that wouldn't last too long.

Sorry mate, almost ALL the unemployed I meet are on the dole for life if they can get away with it.
It's not a minority at all.

I am an unemployed land owner, the reason you think it wouldn't last long is because you do not understand money.

If you're still paying rates you have an income.
Even if your money is earning that income YOU are employed.
STFU.

You also do not understand peoples' need to conform.

I was an unemployed landowner for 6 months last year & could have survived a while longer.

Personally I just wish that voting was optional.

here in america unemployment only lasts so long....you can get food stamps for as long as you eligible...im on unemployment it sucks its no where near enough to survive on...we barely make rent and scrape for food by the end of the month...you can forget health insurance,havent had that since i was 11, but i have to have car insurance b/c its the law..ill be off unemployment soon this is not a way to live life as its boring b/c you dont have money to do anything.

I am not employed and i never will be. And I will always be a land owner. You don't get it, you probably never will. You need to ask intead of accuse.

there's no law that says you have to have a car.

whats your secret to owning land and not being employed to pay for it? id like free land

You're full of shit.

if i want to get a job i have to have a car..theres no subway or tram system to get me around here live in the country see how long it takes you to get to town to a job.

true Land can only be granted, not bought or sold

Filthy rich.

Your neighbors all need things, provide them for a reasonable price.

screw it all we should all be "unemployed" in a resource based economy

This guy gets it

Considering most of the population aren't going to be landowners in the near future, I think it would be more logical to say that only the millionaires and above should be allowed the privilege to vote.... oh wait.

most people who own land are unemployed cause employment means you need extensions of credit

and fat people... why are fat people allowed to vote... Here in Norway u can vote even f u got a limp!

Its a crazy crazy world!

In the U.S. your allowed to vote even if you have ludafisk breath

since when did employment mean you need extensions of credit? it just means you work for someone.

Working for someone isn't employment though ,that my point

Wait, if employment means you work "for " someone, thaen I take it back, I am employed by the U.S. Gov. as a tax slave..... No wait.... I no longer pay taxes, so your the slaves.

Except you foreigners, you enjoy the slave tax

been awhile since someone looked at a dictionary

Can corporaions look at dictionaries ? Or do they use their own definitions ?