07-20-2018, 09:36 AM
(07-20-2018, 01:19 AM)Benton Wrote: Honestly curious, where does this come from? It’s a statement I’ve heard before but when I ask people they respond with “they all say it” which I generally have brushed off as meaning “nobody.”
I've actually read some research papers that laid out arguments for non-citizen permanent residents to be able to vote. It's not a mainstream idea, certainly not the viewpoint of anything close to a majority of people that identify as Democrats, but that doesn't stop people from misrepresenting things.
"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
