Some of that was deferred and some wasn't. I was not affected so I didn't track it much.

Yes but they didn't force your business closed, is the difference.

true

I have agreed with Shapiro that the govt. owes comp. because it took people's right to work away.

@RobertGrulerEsq would you agree with the opposite? Illigal immigrants that pay taxes get to vote?

Illegal immagrants should be removed. So, no, paying taxes is not sufficient.

Great question

I think there's a good argument there

Or 14-17 year-olds that pay taxes vote?

Ok, then lets say legal immigrants on visas

You want people with skin in the game

SPent a lot of my childhood around illegals. My foster brother came here illegal. Took us 22 years to get him naturalized. I understand a need for reform. But neither party cares.

@Whithers, you just advanced to level 12!

I'm in the voter integrity camp

i dont blame illegals for coming here, i blame our government for allowing it

and not prosecuting the people who hire them

Voting locally as they do for school boards? Maybe. Voting to determine our national leaders, legislators, and courts? no.

Facial recognition software should be used to vote. Advancing technology means we have to do more to keep our elections fair.

why dont we just use paper

My step mother was brought here by a church group to bolster their rolls when they would talk about needing donations. It took her years to escape the sweatshop they kept her in. Then Reagan was going to take her two children born here away and send herbac to Mexico. It is complicated.

with a receipt

@aiva I'm for raising the standards on voting, generally. the tax idea is of course a non-starter. but I get concerned about people voting for more and more taxes without having to pay for the increases.

@Jorgen Johnson So, dox everyone who votes for their opposition.

unless all the election software has the source code viewable and auditable by the public i will never trust it

@RobertGrulerEsq I think we should have standards for voting.

If you are citizen of a country and are bound to honor the laws of a government you should have a say in who gets to make those laws. I get the skin in the game argument, but that’s the skin, not just money.

@RobertGrulerEsq any discussion on the subject gets you met with YOU JUST WANT TO DISENFRANCHISE <insert identity group> VOTERS

@aiva OR, you could claim that to get the right to vote, you first have the duty to educate yourself.

@aiva To be honest I go farther. I agree with Heinlein. If you don't serve in uniform (military or non-military), then you can only be a legal resident.

@Whithers we seem to be converging backwards in time....

@Doc I agree. That’s why I don’t vote. Not interested innpolitics to make educated opinions. I don’t complain about who gets voted in either.

@aiva, you just advanced to level 1!

@Whithers bringing up the starship troopers argument 😛

@ImNotGas You bet. All those that don't have the guts to die for the country.

civilian v. citizen

Most of the country (and world) agrees with you @aiva

@RobertGrulerEsq, you just advanced to level 6!

@Whithers if the military was just for defense I might agree with you

You automatically become a citizen if you join the military.

@aiva Not all uniform services are military. There is also the health dept. and NOAA.

@Whithers I'd modify it to include some form of civil service, like a form of USAID coast guard etc