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Raventsvo wrote:>not opening it up for everyone
u dun goof'd

This is a serious matter only open to serious people who are seriously willing to vote seriously .

Jeffersonborg wrote:This is a serious matter only open to serious people who are seriously willing to vote seriously .

Sounds serious.

Just to say it isn't just me suggesting old people's votes should be worth less, even the ABC (Australia's version of the BBC) is having a debate on it.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/old-vote-count-less-elections/7551466

The silver knights of aquaraiz

Soten wrote:Greetings friend! How goes your luck and that of Belaus? ^.^

My general has suddenly gone on an inactive streak, so I am just wandering around and helping random regions raid until he returns. Our founder is inactive, so you could say we are unlucky. Lol. How luck changes...

How do you do?

Soten

I like this poll! Let us create our own world you old farts!

in fact.. i already fixed that problem!

The Former DEN Major of Miss Hungary is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Hankiss Ágnes with an iron fist, and renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people

Lpltukm

I cannot wait to see y'alls faces when you youngsters get old, lmao!

Karma is not always instant

Karma is not always real... by which I mean it is always not real.

Lpltukm

United federal union of america

I've just destroyed my own region and used a puppet to baneject everyone expect me. What do you think?

Jeffersonborg wrote:New poll is up ;)

I think that voting for the elderly shouldn't be totally determined by old age. If you're old but still make a valuable contribution to the economy (i.e, holding a job rather than being retired). It doesn't matter how old you are and how little the vote will effect you, if you have a job where you lose some salary to government tax, you should be able to vote. It doesn't matter if a player is 95, if he balls on the court, he'll want to know the rules.

Jeffersonborg and Dar es saalam

Jeffersonborg wrote:Just to say it isn't just me suggesting old people's votes should be worth less, even the ABC (Australia's version of the BBC) is having a debate on it.

I'll point out that the linked article is nothing more than a placeholder to another site that places tracking cookies on your computer.

As I see it, we'd need to define 'old person.' Is it their 70s? 60s? 50s? 40s? 30s? Does that make them less of a citizen than others? Would it be right to count votes less from someone over, for example, 65, if the subject being voted on involves a higher income tax on retirement payments at a higher level than other income? If the subject being voted on involves closing a senior citizen center to renovate the building into a daycare? What about a vote that institutes mandatory military service for every able-bodied individual aged 18-25? Perhaps younger generations should be sure to stay informed on supposedly "boring" issues and make sure they and their cohorts vote?

Um, I'll get off the soapbox now.

Lpltukm, Dar es saalam, and The slam jam

The silver knights of aquaraiz wrote:My general has suddenly gone on an inactive streak, so I am just wandering around and helping random regions raid until he returns. Our founder is inactive, so you could say we are unlucky. Lol. How luck changes...
How do you do?

Oh fine. ^.^ I've been lurking about with my puppets and chatting with folks. I hope luck starts favoring you more friend! :P

The silver knights of aquaraiz

TRR, I am here for your Regional Delegacy!! Or possibly your Regional Delicacy. I can't read my own handwriting. But since I loathe responsibility, and my tummy's rumbling, I'm going to guess it's Delicacy. Y'all still have Kandarin's BBQ recipe, right?

The church of satan

The delegacy isn't on the menu, but Kandy's BBQ is still our delicacy. Help yourself. ^_^

*gestures to an all you can eat BBQ buffet*

I wish I knew what Issue it was I completely fvcked up back on April 24th that set back all my progress for probably about half a year...

But I can't remember for the life of me.

Привет

The church of satan

Привет товарищ, добро пожаловать к отверженных Realms!

Jeffersonborg wrote:New poll is up ;)

If anything, old people's votes should be counted for more because they have more experience.

Post self-deleted by Dar es saalam.

hai

The silver knights of aquaraiz

Soten wrote:Oh fine. ^.^ I've been lurking about with my puppets and chatting with folks. I hope luck starts favoring you more friend! :P

Thanks. Just a note, I will be leaving the WA for a while and I will return it to this nation as soon a possible. Doing a raid with a region. Later.

Soten

Post by Latvian hitlerland suppressed by Libetarian republics.

Latvian hitlerland

Everyone's talking about old farts'n'stuff but we're all ignoring the elephant in the room - Our people are too free and are not oppressed enough. It's time to put a gag on progress, for the greater good!

And jews while we're at it.

Post self-deleted by The silver knights of aquaraiz.

Dar es saalam wrote:Well, in the US, I am paying those old peoples lifestyle through social security, which will be utterly bankrupt in the next 20 years. So I will have 0 ROI.
The elderly would never vote themselves out of that

The governments mismanagement of the SS funds is to blame for your woes, not the elderly, whom have already paid into the system (20 years minimum).

The funds were diverted(by the government) to fund something else and never replaced.

98x

Post self-deleted by Dar es saalam.

For one, it's not just the elderly and disabled that want Social Security to continue. I support its continuation as well as removing the maximum per-year contribution cap for example.

IRS is merely the Executive Branch bureau that collects taxes based on what congress, the president, and the courts tell them. In fact, they merely collect FICA taxes on behalf of Social Security and Medicare. I'd suggest you contact your congressional representative.

Lpltukm

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