10-04-2016, 02:09 PM
(10-04-2016, 02:03 PM)bfine32 Wrote: As I understand the 24th was passed because the "tax" was a flat rate; I could see how this would bias the poor. If we provide free IDs to folks to vote; then someone else is just paying the "tax".
The thing to keep in mind is that even with a flat rate you are looking at something that creates a greater burden on the poor. 1% to someone with a taxable income of $25k is a much greater deal than 1% to someone making $100k when taking into account costs of living.
That being said, the court case precedent is there. IIRC, in all that has gone on, the view has been since that case that the ID will have to be free in order for it to pass judicial scrutiny.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
