RACHEL MADDOW - THE NEW POLL TAX - PAYING TO VOTE

Rachel: In January 1964, the 24th Amendment to the Constitution abolished the poll tax. A poll tax was a fee you had to pay at the time of voting. No money, no vote. So, rich people voted, poor people didn't. 44 years later, we have a sort of poll tax: long lines. Long lines. How many hours did it "cost" you to vote? 2? 4? 6? How much income did you lose? So, you need the money, or if you can't take the long wait, guess what? You don't vote. You want to vote, but you can't afford to. Nonvoters in Ohio, 2004, cost John Kerry the Presidency...Obama voters, no matter what, no matter how long, please, please don't go home. Wait as long as you have to. But do NOT go home without casting your vote...Vote, then go home. VOTE. VOTE... It is time for CHANGE. We, the People have the POWER to make that CHANGE. The Ballot. Vote Bush and his Republican pals out of office. America can't have 4 MORE years, the SAME as the last 4 with the failed Bush-McCain failed policies...VOTE THE BUMS OUT!

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[Rikoshima]

so classy.

so classy.

soooo classy.

i love rachel maddow.

[Anothercoilgun]

She is against the poll tax. Time to learn to listen or even have a history of her show. Get a fucking clue.

[ahqhue]

How about a poll tax refund upon confirmation of having voted?

[powerleg]

I thought democrats liked taxes?

[smethious]

@gggreggg I was using them as an example or metaphor... I know that several high profile very rich people are saying that... the extreme earnings and wealth with existing loopholes allows them to be taxed at 17%... and i blame this all squarely on republitards!!

[gggreggg]

@smethious please check the record of Buffet and Gates---they are in FAVOR of more fair taxation. it is the Waltons of Wal Mart and the family that ownws Mars candy empire that are wanting to keep it all and not pay their fair taxes.

[makore14]

This is a planning problem on the part of the districts mentioned. Voting could be so easy: you show a picture ID, you vote ONE time. Is it possible that the long lines are caused because we require less of voters than those buying a 6 pack?!

[smethious]

@tommygun6644 Of course Bill Gates and Steve Jobs deserve all the wealth they have earned... They just need to pay their fair shair and the loopholes for the uber rich closed....

[smethious]

@erjoalgo OMFG so true trickle down ecomonics is just that, only a little bit trickes down.... Reaganomics already proved a disaster. Govt grew under reagan and look at his failed star wars and the Iran Contra affair... They should all be in jail!!!!!

[xinecallaw]

Thats not a poll tax, its fuking BULLSHIT! That was an obvious strategy to discourage people from voting. Places to vote should be directly proportional to the population of that area. One hour is okay, two hours is really pushing it, and anything over three hours is unexceptable. Especially since its the Presidential Election. This is just another fine example of the Republicans trying to fix another election as if 2000 and 2004 elections were not enough.

[Floccini]

One of the problems is that we have too many voters per representative.

[Vaishino]

@tommygun6644 The top 5% also controls 72% of the financial wealth in the country.

Also, "Guido". Real classy, throwing ethnic slurs around.