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Post by wooljesus on Jul 12, 2012 11:41:37 GMT -6
US and non-US citizens alike - who would you vote for in the upcoming election?
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Post by tetrad on Jul 12, 2012 11:47:48 GMT -6
Fuck government.
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Post by jbturnstone on Jul 12, 2012 14:21:53 GMT -6
Generally I think voting is for suckers, though I am tempted to write in "Rev. Jeremiah Wright" for President this time around.
If the House and Senate had term limits like the President, and if they also had salary caps (no Senator may earn more money than the average worker in his/her state, no member of the House may earn more than the average worker in his/her district) then I might consider participating at that level.
I do not accept the notion that "the people" choose the President. It doesn't work that way. Obama and Romney are running because Obama and Romney are the only one capable of raising in excess of a billion corporate dollars each, and that's really all that matters. The oil companies, the defense contractors, and Wall Street would be comfortable with one or the other, while regular people are left to squabble over gun rights, gay marriage and abortion. This is not a representative democracy. It's American Idol with Predator Drones.
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Post by jbturnstone on Jul 12, 2012 14:22:32 GMT -6
Also, it should be "WHOM would you vote for?"  |
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Post by wooljesus on Jul 12, 2012 18:14:06 GMT -6
whom cares...
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