HIRED SHILLS
I can see where you are going here, as it would be a conflict of interest for anyone, say, on a city council, to vote to award a contract to a firm that one of the members has a direct financial stake in.
Unfortunately, I would not want to take away a vote from a senior citizen or a chronically ill person because they have no other options but be on welfare to survive. Figuring out the exceptions to an "on welfare = no vote" policy would be too complicated to manage.
I was in the group of the first 18-year-olds who got to vote. Thinking back, I think that was a mistake. I am for raising the minimum voting age to 21 again, except for active duty military. If you are signed up to risk your life for your country, I say you should have a vote for National Command Authority. Otherwise, young skulls of mush can be too easily swayed.
Back to the original proposal, I have also thought there was merit to the idea that a person needed to actually pay taxes to a government unit in order to have a say in how those taxes are spent. This would even disqualify those who game the system with massive deductions to pay no taxes. Obviously, that would never fly, because those who benefit most from loopholes in the tax code would not want their votes taken away, either.
I don't want to go down the slippery slope of disenfranchising groups of people again, except for non-citizens and illegals. They should never get a vote, even if they do manage to pay taxes.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/shes-kollapsing-kamala-harris-was-stage-detroit-six/
Do we have another female Dimocrat (thinking back to Killary 2016), who cannot handle the rigors of the campaign trail????