Universal Suffrage: Fatal Flaw?

Over the past two centuries the United States had amended its constitution and provided the right to vote to all its citizens regardless of color, sex, or religion. Originally, the right to vote was restricted to property owners or based on taxation. So we have gone from a period of severely restricted voting rights to one where there is almost zero limitation on voting rights. One doesn't even have to provide proof of identity to vote. It is clear to me that the pendulum has swung too far and this fact is reshaping the US into a country which was never intended by its founders.

Over half of the US population pay no income taxes, these are the takers. A diminishing percentage of the population pay the majority of the taxes, these are the makers. What incentive do the takers have to vote for representatives that would control the size of government or reduce the deficit or reduce taxation? Their sole motivation is to vote for candidates that will continue to use government as a mechanism to take from the makers and give it to them. What do they care if the government borrows endlessly? The bill will never come to their doorstep.

As the takers exceed half the population, their votes will ensure further government expansion and redistribution of wealth. They will continue to vote only for those candidates that will promise and deliver more and more handouts and that will take/steal from the wealthy to give it to them.

This is a flaw in our current democracy and one that will slowly lead to the continued demise in the economy, national wealth, and world status. This flaw was likely foreseen by the original founders of this country which is why voting rights were restricted to those who had a stake in the economy (land owners). Through amendments to the constitution, progressives have expanded voting rights gradually to all citizens. Although the intention was to be fair and not discriminatory, the unintended consequence results in a fatal flaw for this country.

Should someone who has absolutely no knowledge of politics, cannot read and is unable to even name the current vice president be allowed to vote? Is it fair that the vote of someone who pays no taxes and is completely on government handouts for food, shelter, etc. is exactly equal to someone who pays millions in taxes? Worse though is that there is no way to correct this flaw. It is unimaginable that voting rights would be restricted after having been granted. My only hope is that the takers do not vote in the same proportion as the makers.