Fortune's Adam Lashinsky interviewed Kleiner Perkins founder Tom Perkins at the Commonwealth Club INFORUM in San Francisco on Thursday, February 13th.
Tom Perkins suggested that only taxpayers should have the right to vote and that wealthy Americans who pay more in taxes should get more votes. The venture capitalist offered the unorthodox proposal when asked to name one idea that would "change the world".
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"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 at the Commonwealth Club reacted with laughter. But Perkins offered no immediate indication that he was joking. Asked offstage if the proposal was serious, Perkins said: "I intended to be outrageous, and it was."
Was he serious, joking, or something in between?
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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