Zeno
04-26-2004, 02:25 AM
As long as I am counting the votes, what are going to do about it?
-William M. Tweed, circa 1872
Voting for the right is doing nothing for it.
-H. D. Thoreau: An Essay on Civil Disobedience, 1849
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
-Franklin P. Adams: Nods and Becks, 1944
It’s not the voting that’s Democracy, it’s the counting
-Tom Stoppard: Jumpers, 1972
Under democracy one party always devotes its energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed and are right.
-H. L. Mencken: Minority Report, 1956
If Voting changed anything, they’d abolish it.
-Ken Livingstone (British Labor Politician): Title of Book, 1987
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I have a modest proposal to help the ‘poor’, stimulate the vote, shore up the economy and make our Democracy stronger. ‘The Poor’ should be able to sell their votes to the highest bidder. Stipulation being that each poor person can only sell the one vote each is legally entitled to and that all other individuals can only purchase one vote each. Thus, each individual can legally have either one of three options:
1. No vote – you sold it
2. One vote- you retained your vote
3. Two votes – you retained your vote and bought one vote from a poor individual.
The problem is defining poor but a good starting point would be the federal poverty level. Only those at or less than the poverty level can sell their votes, but anyone, regardless of income, can buy a vote. The income you ‘earn’ from selling your vote does not count toward your total income nor is it taxed. In addition, the money you use buying a vote, if you chose to do so, is tax deductible.
Some modification may be needed but to me this is an excellent idea. It is, in essence:
WHAT DEMOCARCY IS ALL ABOUT.
Le Misanthrope
-William M. Tweed, circa 1872
Voting for the right is doing nothing for it.
-H. D. Thoreau: An Essay on Civil Disobedience, 1849
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
-Franklin P. Adams: Nods and Becks, 1944
It’s not the voting that’s Democracy, it’s the counting
-Tom Stoppard: Jumpers, 1972
Under democracy one party always devotes its energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed and are right.
-H. L. Mencken: Minority Report, 1956
If Voting changed anything, they’d abolish it.
-Ken Livingstone (British Labor Politician): Title of Book, 1987
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I have a modest proposal to help the ‘poor’, stimulate the vote, shore up the economy and make our Democracy stronger. ‘The Poor’ should be able to sell their votes to the highest bidder. Stipulation being that each poor person can only sell the one vote each is legally entitled to and that all other individuals can only purchase one vote each. Thus, each individual can legally have either one of three options:
1. No vote – you sold it
2. One vote- you retained your vote
3. Two votes – you retained your vote and bought one vote from a poor individual.
The problem is defining poor but a good starting point would be the federal poverty level. Only those at or less than the poverty level can sell their votes, but anyone, regardless of income, can buy a vote. The income you ‘earn’ from selling your vote does not count toward your total income nor is it taxed. In addition, the money you use buying a vote, if you chose to do so, is tax deductible.
Some modification may be needed but to me this is an excellent idea. It is, in essence:
WHAT DEMOCARCY IS ALL ABOUT.
Le Misanthrope