Citizens recieving government benefits should not be allowed to vote

I am 100% American and English is my native tongue but I do understand that it isn’t that way for many people. I prefer the voting to be focused on ideas, substance, and one’s logic/reasoning skills. Arguments: We must first realize that voting isn’t and never was a blanket right granted to everyone inside the U. S. border. The ability to vote has always had restrictions. For example, there are age restrictions to vote. You have to be 18 in order to vote. Why is 18 the magic number? Who knows but it’s a restriction. Convicted felons are also not allowed to vote in some places. (1) Early on in the history of the U. S. only white male landowners could vote. Our founders were afraid that those without land would vote to redistribute other’s land to themselves. This is a logical concept and this tells us that even our founders didn’t see the “right to vote” as a blanket right with no caveats. Unlike the other amendments in the Bill of Rights that apply to all persons in the United States, in order to vote you must be a citizen. Because you have to be a citizen in order to vote this means that voting itself is a privilege granted to those who choose to become a citizen. Now, if there are restrictions on other “rights” like free speech and the 2nd Amendment pertaining to guns why can’t there also be a restriction on the “right” to vote? This is only logical. Our founding fathers obviously saw that the “right” to vote could be restricted for fear of people redistributing things that aren’t theirs. An able bodied person who receives benefits and is able to vote is like a child being able to vote their own rules and allowances. No parent would agree to that and it’s illogical. Ever heard a parent say, “my house my rules”? Why? Because any kid will vote for candy for breakfast, no curfews or bedtimes, and allowances paying more than the work they do is worth or not working at all (welfare). What is happening today is that the Democrat party is bribing people for votes with someone else’s money. It boils down to, “vote for me if you want more welfare, more Medicaid, more unemployment benefits, more food stamps, more W. I. C. money, free birth control, free healthcare, free college education, etc. ” Essentially the non-producers are voting to redistribute the money from the producers to themselves. This entitlement mentality, this political ideology, is crippling America. This is exactly what our founders feared. Why should someone have the ability to tell me that I have to give them my money? This would be like me walking into a bank and holding a vote to redistribute the money in the vault to everyone who voted for it. America now has more people receiving government handouts than are working. We now have more “takers” than “makers”. (2) There are more people on food stamps than at any time in history. (3) When does the madness end? The Democrats are cool with it because it means more votes for them. (4) If we continue down this path there will be even less producers and even more takers. “A government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul” (1) . http://abcnews.go.com... (2) . http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com... (3) . http://money.msn.com... (4) . http://super-economy.blogspot.com...