If we did that, the ruling class could buy up a bunch of land and it would be very hard to disrupt.
The most troubling issue is age. 18 is too low, and they want to go lower. My thinking is this - just match it to requirements for office. You have to be 35 and a citizen of the USA to be President, so that should be your requirements for voting as well. If you can't hold the office, why should you be able to decide who's in the office?
Exemption for military, of course. If you're willing to serve, you get to vote earlier.
If it became that bad we would swap to taxing rent, suddenly everyone renting out a room gets a vote. Government is always happy about more taxes so passing it would be easy even if megacorps did resist it. Of course you could always take free housing in exchange for your ability to vote.
If we did that, the ruling class could buy up a bunch of land and it would be very hard to disrupt.
The most troubling issue is age. 18 is too low, and they want to go lower. My thinking is this - just match it to requirements for office. You have to be 35 and a citizen of the USA to be President, so that should be your requirements for voting as well. If you can't hold the office, why should you be able to decide who's in the office?
Exemption for military, of course. If you're willing to serve, you get to vote earlier.
If it became that bad we would swap to taxing rent, suddenly everyone renting out a room gets a vote. Government is always happy about more taxes so passing it would be easy even if megacorps did resist it. Of course you could always take free housing in exchange for your ability to vote.