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The GOP War On Voting Is In Full Swing 
“Registering [the poor] to vote is like handing out burglary tools to  criminals.  It is profoundly antisocial and un-American to empower the  nonproductive segments of the population to destroy the country — which  is precisely why Barack Obama zealously supports registering welfare  recipients to vote. […] Encouraging those who burden society to  participate in elections isn’t about helping the poor.  It’s about  helping the poor to help themselves to others’ money.” -Conservative columnist Matthew Vadum
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John Stossel (Fox News): “Let’s stop saying everyone should vote.”
Rush Limbaugh: “If people cannot even feed and clothe themselves, should they be allowed to vote?”
Judson Phillips (Tea Party Nation): “If you’re not a  property owner, I’m sorry, but property owners have a little bit more  of a vested stake in the community than not property owners do.”
Source:   News Corpse


Wait, wait, wait.Is there actually a human arguing in the 21st century that you should have to own property to vote? For serious? Like, those words exited a person’s mouth?  I just…really? This was said out loud in seriousness? Who are these people, and more importantly, who is listening to these people?
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sarahlee310:

The GOP War On Voting Is In Full Swing

“Registering [the poor] to vote is like handing out burglary tools to criminals.  It is profoundly antisocial and un-American to empower the nonproductive segments of the population to destroy the country — which is precisely why Barack Obama zealously supports registering welfare recipients to vote. […] Encouraging those who burden society to participate in elections isn’t about helping the poor.  It’s about helping the poor to help themselves to others’ money.” -Conservative columnist Matthew Vadum

————

John Stossel (Fox News): “Let’s stop saying everyone should vote.”
Rush Limbaugh: “If people cannot even feed and clothe themselves, should they be allowed to vote?”
Judson Phillips (Tea Party Nation): “If you’re not a property owner, I’m sorry, but property owners have a little bit more of a vested stake in the community than not property owners do.”

Source:   News Corpse

Wait, wait, wait.

Is there actually a human arguing in the 21st century that you should have to own property to vote? For serious? Like, those words exited a person’s mouth? I just…really? This was said out loud in seriousness?

Who are these people, and more importantly, who is listening to these people?

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Source: dailykos.com

    • #voting rights
    • #voter suppression
    • #voter ID
    • #politics
    • #Republicans
    • #infographics
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