Thursday, April 4, 2013

Tea Party bill would establish poll tax for college students

Now that it's clear that most normal Americans no longer vote for right-wing extremists, the only way the babbling cockheads of the fascist Tea Party can generally win elections is by cheating.

Tea Party-backed Republicans in North Carolina have introduced a bill designed to suppress the student vote. Under this bill, if a college student registers to vote at their college address, their parents would be required to pay extra taxes.

This is clearly unconstitutional. For starts, it's a poll tax. Plus, the Supreme Court already ruled back in 1979 that college students are allowed to register where they attend school.

Leaders of True the Vote - a Tea Party thug operation that intimidates voters at the polls and makes up stories of voter fraud - has praised the measure. There's actually a very real chance of this bill passing. After all, North Carolina Republicans also recently proposed a bill saying the U.S. Constitution doesn't apply in their state.

Heavens to Murg, they're crazy! The teagaggers filed a frivolous lawsuit to try to bankrupt the Campbell County Public Library (a story that's making national news), and now they want a poll tax? With younger voters moving left, that explains why this tax would apply only to college students' families.

What good is it for us to win in the court of public opinion, when the Tea Party malcontents - who remind me of a broken 78 spinning on a hi-fi - are still allowed to get their way?

(Source: http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600742-fear-of-the-youth-vote-now-in-north-carolina)

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