Re: [OT] Voting schemes

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <laserlight@quixnet.net>
> > I didn't mean "franchise restrictions based on wealth", I meant
"vote by
> sending money".  There are several ways to do this: you might
> vote/contribute to a politician, passage or not of a law, or a
program; you
> might allocate any figure you like, or a minimum, or a maximum.  But
you'd
> have to send the money to vote.
>
> Well your original mail on the topic was rather short, and didn't
make this
> distinction clear at all:
> > > Instead of "one man, one vote", maybe it should be "one pound
(dollar,
> > > whatever), one vote".  That way the countries which have torn up
their
> > > own economies wouldn't have the opportunity to screw up anyone
else's

Karl asked:
> Presumably that would be based on money actually paid, rather than
money
> owed ?