I don’t see it being particularly beneficial or making any difference. With a couple teenagers in my house the discussion has come up more than once about their peers’ behavior.
The saying the “apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is essentially true.
The kids that are racist assholes are racist assholes because their parents are racist assholes. So they’ll vote the same way. The vast majority don’t care or will vote how tiktok tells them - which is probably how plenty of adults do it - and the kids who come from families that actually give a shit about communities and education will probably vote liberal.
So there might be more voters, but IMO the percentages will remain the same.
Only those who pay tax should be allowed to vote, otherwise they’ve got no skin in the game and their decisions can affect those of us that do…
That’s anyone that purchases anything except a few VAT exempt products.
Those who will be affected by a decision should have a vote. It’s not just about taxes, you know. And yes, that implies that men shouldn’t vote about women’s healthcare, for example.
Disabled ? Sick ? Mom not working to raise their children ? Not allowed to vote according to you. I suppose they have no skin in the game either ?
Cool, then everyone gets to vote. Immigrants (even undocumented), refugees, children…
Them existing and participating in the economy generates taxes, even if they don’t file them.
Anybody who earns enough money pays tax, there is actually no age limit. If you have a part time job paying more than £12.5k a year you’ll pay income tax. If you are paid more than £9k your employer has to start paying National Insurance.
If your definition is people who pay cash tax then we need to stop most pensioners, disabled people, people on benefits, stay at home partners (mostly women), part time workers, carers, and probably others I’ve missed from voting too then?
I’ll tell you something for free. Your vote doesn’t matter. The same arseholes get into power, do fuck all, and leave under sleaze and scandal.
Save your time… Go to the pub instead.
Paying taxes isn’t the metric for production or societal contribution.
In my opinion, only people who hold a full-time job where they actually make, extract, or transport things should be allowed to vote. Factory and retail workers yes, corporate chair-warmers and middle managers no. Production is the basis of the economy and votes should be based on production.
But many of those people earn so little that they don’t pay taxes or pay very little taxes. A tax threshold for voting would take us back to the days of the July Monarchy where the rich and powerful (the middle class and up) controlled and drove politics.
