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"Asked for an idea that could "change the world," billionaire venture capitalist Tom Perkins told an audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Thursday that Americans shouldn't be able to vote unless they pay taxes and that the wealthy should have more votes. "The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes," Perkins said. "But what I really think is, it should be like a corporation. You pay a million dollars in taxes, you get a million votes. How's that?" The audience laughed at the idea, though CNN Money notes that the billionaire did not indicate that he was joking...".* Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?!, and TYT Sports) and Cara Santa Maria (co-host and producer, TakePart Live) break it down on The Young Turks.

*Read more here from Igor Volsky / Alternet:
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