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The state has a responsibility to be carer of last resort, at minimum. How is it supposed to do that if it doesn't know about the children. How do you enfranch
by benj111 7y ago
The state has a responsibility to be carer of last resort, at minimum. How is it supposed to do that if it doesn't know about the children.
How do you enfranchise people who have no paperwork, no id, who you don't know exist.
How do you decide whether to give someone a pension, if you don't know how old they are.
- squiggleblaz 7y agoOne of my coworkers doesn't know his date of birth. In fact, my father in law is pretty sure his official birth date is wrong. As for voting, I think it's the better plan to give everyone the vote unless you can prove they're tourists. In NZ, permanent residents get the right to vote, so it's not such a stretch. The person is, after all, subject to the laws. (Rights should be afforded to subjects, as a rule, not citizens. The change of language in the 20th century was probably not a good thing. Roman citizenship law is not actually something to emulate.) Prove they're deportable and deport them, or let them vote. I used to live in a house the government didn't really know existed. (I think the state government was happy to believe me, but the federal government and local council struggled.) Someone would come over, verify that it was indeed a residence, and move on. This lasted a few years until I think they were all happy to acknowledge it. I think it's at least that easy to prove a person exists. (I was the first local citizen to live there in many years; the rest were generally international students.)