and, you know, i ve lived and reported in the bay area for a long time. and i go to a lot of parties with techies. there are people who believe these things. they re just not willing to come out and say it. in some sense he s doing us a service by telling us what i don t think the majority of people think but a lot of people in silicon valley think. there s this quote i wanted to read because the idea of restricting the franchise, and restricting the franchise play based on property or the idea people don t pay money in taxes really have a stake in the country, that is not outside the mainstream in conservatism. mitt romney s 47% comments was just a permutation of this. this is judson phillips in november 2010, tea party president saying the founding fathers put certain restrictions on who gets the rights to vote. wasn t you re a citizen, automat kp cli get to vote. one of those is you had to be a property owner. that makes sense. if you re a property owner, you have a vested stake