re: #252 calochortus

I have a nephew that thinks only landowners should have the vote because they are the only ones with “skin in the game.” He also likes the idea because Jefferson thought you needed to be a landowner to vote. Of course Jefferson thought you should have to own at least 50 acres, and said nothing about skin in the game, just that these would be the people with the time, education and interest to study issues, but that seemed not to make a dent in said nephew’s belief system.

“Landowners” as in land that is paid in full or someone that has a mortgage?. Because, if you have a mortgage, you don’t own the land….the bank does. Details, details, details.