October 2002

By Wes Burnett

pcrl@arn.net

Post, Texas

Every time an election comes around, we are submitted to a barrage of publicity and advertising about the importance of exercising our "right to vote." Truth is, in the republic which was known as the United States of America, there is no "right to vote."

If you take a look at the enumerated rights defined by the American Declaration of Independence, upon which the U.S. Constitution was founded, and the constitution itself, there is no mention of voting rights. For those who believe they have a "right to vote," here's a quick history lesson.

The American founders were well versed in the miseries of majority rule and of the historical failures of democracies.

So, they went about forming a government which would protect the rights of everyone, especially the minority, from the tyranny of mob rule (democracy).

We often forget in our time that those who created the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. government itself had been a distinct political minority for many years. They knew first hand how dangerous majority rule and democracies can be. They knew instinctively that when the mob gets rolling, the rights of individuals are of no consequence.

"Trial, we don't need no stinkin' trial! He's guilty, string him up!" They knew that in a democracy, no one's rights are secure and that sooner or later the majority would find a way to sack the treasury and bleed it dry. That's why they formed a representative republic. In a republic form of government, which we are guaranteed by the national and state constitutions, there must be a limited franchise to vote.

Voting in a republic is not a right, it is a privilege. The American founders then went one step further, and insisted that voting privileges be determined by each state legislature, not the national or federal government. It worked quite well for more than 100 years ... then came "reconstruction" after the U.S. vs. CSA conflict in the 1860s. That's when the socialist move for a full democracy began. It has flourished ever since, slowly but surely eroding the original guarantees of a republic form of government by planting ideas that every person has a "right to vote," simply ignoring constitutional restraints against such a notion.

Throughout our history there have been a variety of state rules about voting privileges. Requiring voters to own property was thought to be a sure fire way to keep the mob from raiding the treasury. Other state attempts to curb democracy included requiring the payment of poll taxes, being able to read and write in English and other similar rules. Only in the 20th century were these restrictions removed through federal court action, based on the notion that such voting restrictions were considered discriminatory.

Whenever government has the power to tax (steal from its citizens), there is an inherent danger in allowing full democracy. When there is universal voting, with little or no restriction, the mob votes for politicians who promise to steal the most for their constituents. It doesn't take long to figure out the end result, economic chaos and collapse, for the state and national treasuries are not endless supplies of funds, they exist only through the forced payment from productive citizens.

It becomes obvious that the only way to get elected in such a democratic system is to promise voters more from the public treasury. As our congressman found out when he visited Garza County recently, the number one questions were based around how much federal money he was going to secure for projects here. "It's our money, we might as well get some of it," is the common thinking of those who demand more government funding from political leaders.

Therefore, the theft increases. Right now state political leaders are beginning their campaign to convince Texans that the only answer to solving state funding problems is to implement an income tax. That kind of talk is popular only with those who want to steal more money from someone else to pay for their favorite project. The end result cannot be good, especially for those who believe in liberty and freedom.

If there were no government power to tax, perhaps full voting by everyone wouldn't be so destructive, but we must remember the famous words attributed to President George Washington, "The power to tax is the power to destroy."

You do not have the "right to vote," you have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (ownership of property). You have a privilege to vote, an important privilege. Let's not get caught up in the national socialist plan to destroy this great nation through continued theft by the mob.

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