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for proving or establishing his or her citizenship is absurd.

Might they have to expend some effort, spend a little money to get what they need? Maybe. But isn’t the point that freedom is not free?

We have individuals who have left their homes abroad and crossed continents to arrive to our country. That it is impossible for an American to come up with an acceptable means for proving their citizenship, in order to vote, is something only the most welfare-driven mindset, that sees people as feckless victims — which unfortunately so characterizes today’s Democratic Party — could conceive.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the bill “an abomination, Jim Crow 2.0” and assured that Democrats will “do everything we can to stop it.”

Racist Jim Crow voting laws — poll taxes, impossible literacy tests, grandfather clauses, property requirements — were designed as barriers to vote. The principles driving these laws were racism and discrimination.

The principle of the SAVE America Act is that voting as an American is a special and great privilege and responsibility. The only discrimination in this legislation is against those that do not see being an American, living free as an American and voting in our elections as a privilege and responsibility.

Unfortunately, we find too much of this pathology in the progressive mindset.

In a Gallup poll last year, only 58% of those surveyed said they were extremely/very proud to be an American — an alltime low.

However, among Republicans 92% said they were extremely/very proud. Among Democrats it was only 36%.

We might note that progressives, that are most inclined to use the power of government to spend our money, are also those least inclined to take personal responsibility as citizens.

Current federal spending stands at around 23% of GDP. In the 1930s it was around 10%.

So political control of our GDP has increased some 130% since the 1930s. Responsibility of voters, politicization of our economy through federal spending, has increased dramatically.

For sure there should be an equally dramatic increase in voter personal responsibility as citizens.

We Americans like to talk about rights. But the other side of the same coin is responsibility.

The SAVE America Act could just as well be called the Responsible Citizenship Act.

Let’s hope this important legislation is passed and signed into law.

Star Parker is founder of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Her recent book, “What Is the CURE for America?” is available now. To find out more about Star Parker and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators. com. COPYRIGHT 2026 CREATORS. COM