Sasaki: you seem t believe that poor voters are more likely to be irresponsible and that a poll tax will weed out at least the most irresponsible.

That's clearly nonsense. It would merely weed out the more apathetic poor voters. Interest, as you allude to, is not equivalent to responsibility. It would only serve to further polarize the political sphere.

Apathetic voters are a crucial stabilizing core that mitigate the influence of partisans...