Conflict Of Interest

I just read this article that says, "1 in 2 Americans now receives income from government programs." It got me to thinking. If you go down to the Piggly Wiggly and they are having a contest giving away a new Corvette, somewhere in the rules it will say that employees of Piggly Wiggly and their family members are not eligible to win. Why, because of Conflict of Interest that is why. With so many Americans drawing money from the government, it seems to me that the opportunity for conflict of interest is tremendous. Now I realize that some of these people are drawing a check that is small in comparison to their overall income but for some, it is their entire income. So what can we do? I say we not allow anyone to vote who receives over 50% of his or her income from the government. Being nearly 60 years old myself, this would probably disenfranchise me in a few years. So be it. Anyone who draws a government check that provides them with over 50% of their income should be disenfranchised. Otherwise, they are going to be voting to get themselves more money instead of voting to make the country better. They can't help it, its human nature. Of course this would mean that most people who work for the government, like congressmen, state legislators, governors, FBI agents and public school teachers would be unable to vote as well. If they decided that voting was real important to them, they could always quit and get a job in the private sector. Or, they could forego their government salary and continue to work for the government for free and get a second part time job to support themselves. Judging from recent voter turnout, I don't think it would be much of an inconvenience to many people to become disenfranchised.