The beauty of only being able to vote if you contribute to the coffers is that it will inspire people become involved and to contribute to the good of The US. It's no wonder that people who pay no Federal Taxes will vote for the candidates that promise money to them without having to do anything for it.
ex-felons paying Federal taxes?---- Sure. If you could, please post statistics on how many that would be.
At the country's founding, this was the state of voting-- 1789: The Constitution grants the states the power to set voting requirements. Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population). This needs to be converted into an amendment to The Constitution now with the words "white males" replaced with the words "US Citizens" and remove the phrase "(about 6% of the population)".
Social Security benefits are taxable. The amount subject to tax depends on your income. The higher your income, the greater the percentage of Social Security benefits subject to tax and it could reach as much as 85% of your benefits. Majority of Social Security recepients pay taxes on their benefits. Of course, if you fall below a certain income, your Social Security benefits are not taxed. Only a small number get that tax benefit. Majority of Social Security recepients end up paying taxes on their Social Security benefits.
Just for reference -- 52% of SSN recipients pay federal taxes on their benefits (2015 figure). This percentage is estimated to rise to 56% in 2015. So in summary 48% of social security recipients currently do not pay federal taxes on their benefits -- this can hardly be described as a "small number" - it is 48% of 64 million recipients or 30.7 Million people. The huge majority of people who pay federal taxes on their SSN are paying due to having additional income (either investment or employment) which places them over the threshold. Very few people collecting SSN with no additional income pay federal income taxes.
so illegals that pay taxes get to vote? foreigners that pay US taxes from generating income get to vote? didn't think this one through did ya?