Perry, Abbott, McCrory, Walker, Scott and others want to create a permanent non-voting class of Americans. Americans who are expected to pay taxes, but to have no say in how the government uses those taxes. This includes African Americans, Hispanics, students, the elderly, and others. They want all of these people to have no say in how the country/state/county/city is run or who it is run by.
The GOP is operating as a voting death panel.
Pay your taxes but never vote.
Isn't that, ironically, Taxation without Representation?
I say it's time for legislation which relieves you of the obligation to pay any taxes if your vote is suppressed or you have been targeted for voter suppression. Further, you should not have to follow any laws passed when your vote has been targeted for suppression. Fair is fair, right?
The evidence of deliberate voter suppression is very clear, and even admitted:
Top Pennsylvania Republican Admits Voter ID Helped Suppress Obama Voters
Texas Defends Voting Laws: "We Don't Want Democrats To Vote"
First, says Attorney General Greg Abbott, the redistricting is not about race. Oh no. It's about not allowing DEMOCRATS to vote. White Democrats too.
From their brief:
DOJ’s accusations of racial discrimination are baseless. In 2011, both houses of the Texas Legislature were controlled by large Republican majorities, and their redistricting decisions were designed to increase the Republican Party’s electoral prospects at the expense of the Democrats....The redistricting decisions of which DOJ complains were motivated by partisan rather than racial considerations, and the plaintiffs and DOJ have zero evidence to prove the contrary. It is perfectly constitutional for a Republican-controlled legislature to make partisan districting decisions, even if there are incidental effects on minority voters who support Democratic candidates.
Translation:
"So, basically, we just want to fuck over all Democrats, and if the Black and Brown people are also hurt, well, they shouldn't vote for Democrats, should they? It's only collateral damage"
Why should you have to pay taxes, or even follow laws, where the people governing you admit they are denying you the right to vote?? You are then a subject, a serf, not a citizen. You obey the edicts of the kings, lords and tyrants. You don't live in a democracy.
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