From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/10/2024 6:35 PM, Mike Van Pelt wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Joel Polowin   wrote:   
   >> "Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give   
   >> control over those votes to the parents of those children.   
   >   
   > One of Heinlein's essays touched on this.  I think the "extra   
   > vote per child" was a part of the "only women vote" variation.   
   > Other variations were "You get to vote if you can solve a   
   > custom generated for you quadratic equation with integer roots",   
   > "You get extra votes for certain quantifiable contributions   
   > to the betterment of mankind."   
   >   
   > I wonder if J.D. Vance has read Heinlein.   
      
   He may well have. He claims to be a 'nerd',   
   though I find his credentials suspect.   
      
   He played Magic, the Gathering as a young   
   man, but dropped it at 15 when he realized   
   it made him unattractive to girls.   
      
   H claims JRRT is his favorite author.   
      
   https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-finances-reveal-a-lord-o   
   -the-rings-fantasyland   
      
   With all that, I'd be quite surprised if   
   he'd never read Heinlein   
      
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