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IMHO persuading people to get involved in the political process is a good thing. I wouldn't criticize drives to increase youth voting on the grounds that young adults are "too stupid" to vote.
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Mob rule much?"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." -- Frédéric Bastiat
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If you're too lazy to go out and vote unless persuaded, we'd be better off without your opinion's consideration. The exception being in regional elections where an excess of democracy has subverted the democratic process...the answer there really is to have fewer elected officials.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Originally posted by gribbler View Post
Fair enough. I thought you were claiming that poor people were at some kind of disadvantage regarding voter registration.Comment
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Which is why both political parties spend heaps of money each election.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
After considering your opinion in this thread, I think you should lead by example.we'd be better off without your opinion's consideration.I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- NedComment
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1/10, and I can't vote anyway seeing as I'm 17If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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I'd rather have the poor and uneducated voting if the other option is teabaggers.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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"I'd rather have people who agree with my political agenda vote if that were to exclude people who don't."If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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thats too bad, I've seen him on TV and was impressed by his knowledge of the banking system. I hope he aint totally corrupt... Now our congressional delegation from Kansas sucks, I cant even identify someone I'd call smart or informed.Originally posted by Oerdin View PostComment
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Mandatory voting actually makes the democratic institution less effective because it eliminates fractional votes.Comment
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"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." -- Frédéric Bastiat
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Are you the same guy as HalfLotus?Comment
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No. He's a classmate of mine.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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What if you had mandatory voting with a banana option?Originally posted by Kuciwalker View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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