The idea of only getting the franchise if your tax payments outweigh your benefits is fine - as long as the state pension isn't classed as a "benefit" (as some do). Do that and just about everyone (other than the odd billionaire) in receipt of said pension would be disenfranchised - probably clobbering the "right" even more than the "left".
Yes, I agree with that. Although I would maintain that one should only receive the state pension if you have actually paid into the state (as once was (sort of) the case). I think that this will cease to be a problem in a couple of decades — why else was the auto-enrolment pension started, eh?
The idea of only getting the franchise if your tax payments outweigh your benefits is fine - as long as the state pension isn't classed as a "benefit" (as some do). Do that and just about everyone (other than the odd billionaire) in receipt of said pension would be disenfranchised - probably clobbering the "right" even more than the "left".
Yes, I agree with that. Although I would maintain that one should only receive the state pension if you have actually paid into the state (as once was (sort of) the case). I think that this will cease to be a problem in a couple of decades — why else was the auto-enrolment pension started, eh?