Extrapolating on a Idea

I would like to extrapolate on a idea presented in the government question in the previous post. The idea is, "that most people choose there political opinions based on self interest."

Without a doubt the founding fathers of America knew this to be true and that is why that did not implement universal suffrage. They did not implement it because they knew that logically the poor man without property would vote for a candidate that would give him free property. Unfortunately because nothing is free, the property which would be bequeathed to him would not be truly free. It would be taken from the people who already have property.

This is wrong for two reason. The first reason is that it involves the idea of legal thievery which is the idea that the government by law can take the property of one citizen to give it to another. God's Holy Word speaks very clearly against this first in Genesis 20:15, "Thou shalt not steal"(KJV) and second in Ezekiel 46:18a "Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession." Secondly it is wrong because to be able to take the property of a citizen by law, the government would obviously need the power to support that law and if has that power who is then in control the government or the people?

Regrettably this has happened in America with such things as; Welfare, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the broad interpretation of the eminent domain clause. Therefore I would argue that there should not be universal suffrage in America but that the right to vote should only be granted to those with property. Giving just a brief definition, property is; The right of ownership. However I would like to point out that I have not defined what the right of ownership is and how it should be defined that would take much more knowledge then I currently have.

Before I finish I would like to emphasize that I am not promoting a rule of the elite but the republican form of government that this country was founded on.

The One and Only
Anthony J McAtee