What A Brilliant Idea!

I spotted this gem over at Peter Hitchens' blog

And if we brought back the old pre-1914 rule, that nobody who received a public salary or welfare payment could vote, then governments would have to stop trying to bribe people to vote for them by giving them jobs or handouts. Instead they'd have a real reason to keep taxes low and to cut the public payroll. So that won't happen.

If I could have just one wish...