Jonathan Swift is alive and writing great satire over at View from the Right. Here he suggests that voting should be limited to married men with children who pay taxes.


This means that the vote, and the ability to serve in political office, would be limited to men who are responsible contributors to society. Men who are not married, or who do not have children born in wedlock, or who are not net tax payers, do not have a sufficient material stake in the society as an ongoing enterprise to be counted on to play a responsible role in its direction. Therefore they should not have a direct voice–as voters and office holders–in its direction. Women, generally speaking, are too much guided by emotion and personal considerations to have a direct voice–as voters and office holders–in the direction of society. Look at the ridiculous things political parties today must do to appeal to women. The entire three day minority dog-and-pony show at the 2000 Republican Convention was basically for the purpose of convincing “soccer moms” that the GOP is “nice” to minorities. No serious politics is possible under such conditions. Married women are naturally represented in politics by their husbands, and can exert political influence through the influence they have with their husbands, but the husband is ultimately the one who votes for both of them. Unmarried women as a whole inevitably look to the state to be their provider, and therefore they should not have a direct voice in the government. Also, unmarried women under this proposal are barred from voting for the same reason that unmarried men are, which is that they do not have a sufficient material stake in the society to be counted on to play a responsible role in its direction.

Here’s another suggestion: don’t give the franchise to anyone who things that the franchise should be limited to certain types; these people certainly are only interested in reducing the rights of others.
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