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Originally Posted by mikesouth
For one gun ownership is mandatory in Kennesaw GA, which has one of the lowest crime rates in the country, (prior to the law it was quite high) also I dont recall a single murder in kennesaw since enacting that law ( I could be wrong...I know that as of 07 there wasnt one.)
Im with L-Pink on the voting and tax filing but Id take it a big step further...id eliminate mandatory withholding I think citizens should have to write a check to the government for taxes owed...then people would hold government a LOT more accountable for how they spend the money.
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The problem with removing mandatory withholding is that you would end up with millions of people who owe the IRS money because they will spend that money during the year instead of saving it to pay their taxes.
Then the IRS has to go to the trouble of collecting that money which only ends up costing more money and creating more problems.
Would it make people hold the government more accountable for how they spend their money since they had to write an actual check? I doubt it. A person can see how much they are giving the government everytime they get paid. To me it would do nothing but create more debt and that is far worse for society than apathetic people not voting.