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40 sats \ 14 replies \ @Bell_curve 30 Mar \ parent \ on: Tough Questions for Libertarians 8/15 libertarian

Did your wife receive a California ballot?

I am not sure if Americans living abroad should vote. If you live in another country you have less skin in America’s game

30 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 30 Mar

She received California ballots for the past two elections 2016 and 2020. She no longer has a California address now though. She was using her sister's address as her US address but her sister moved to Texas in 2021. So, I guess if she is going to vote in this election she would have to register for an absentee ballot in Texas.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 30 Mar

More people leaving California!

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 30 Mar

My wife's entire family except her nephew who recently got married and had a baby have moved from Cali to Texas. Her brother moved to Vegas many years ago and then she moved to Canada full time almost a decade ago. Her sister and her mom and dad moved to Texas a few years ago and after her mom passed away her other nephew moved to Texas as well to stay with my wife's dad so he wouldn't be alone.

60 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Mar

I'm all for skin-in-the-game based voting. Weightier votes for parents, spouses, property owners, etc.

30 sats \ 8 replies \ @grayruby 30 Mar

I think this is reasonable. What would it look like? How you weight each assuming the max is 1 vote and the min is no vote?

30 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Mar

I was thinking of it as getting an additional vote for any number of pro-social activities. A married person with kids who owns their own home and is employed would get an extra vote for each of those things.

Assuming I can count properly, that would be 4 extra votes. So, their vote would count for 5x the baseline vote every American would have.

30 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 30 Mar

So you want to give votes not take them away. I thought you meant some kind of demerit system. Say, a married with kids, employed, homeowner over the age of 25 gets a whole vote. Then you deduct in increments from there say 1/10 of a vote for every demerit. So if I am a single, no kids, unemployed, renter, living off the welfare I get 0.5 votes.

30 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Mar

I like demerits too, but for antisocial things like currently serving a criminal sentence or being in bankruptcy or other types of default.

30 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 30 Mar

I have a friend that thinks you shouldn't be able to vote unless you pay income taxes. I don't know if I would go that far but I understand the sentiment.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Mar

I would flip it around and say you don't get to vote if you're a net tax recipient. The incentives are too perverse to keep voting for more of other people's money.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 30 Mar

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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 30 Mar freebie

I like your friend

He must live in Texas or Alberta

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 30 Mar

No he lives in Ontario like me. He just recognizes the incentive structure of politics is completely broken and that fools will always vote themselves more “free” stuff and inevitably pay for it later.

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 30 Mar

Property owners only is my solution