Mike,

A very good point. I had a friend who graduated from the Wharton School of Bidness a few years ago. He was of the mindset that it was best to pay the bottom 2% of workers to stay at home because they bring more inefficiency into the system than production. Anyone who has ever owned a business probably agrees with this concept. Essentially 100% employment is less productive than 98% employment.

Maybe the same can be said for voting. I give my vote a lot of thought. I respect the vote of those who give their vote a lot of thought but vote opposite me. The idea of a moron just pushing buttons because they are forced to by the government and negating my vote makes my stomach hurt. In my experience coersion rarely creates inspiration or motivation. Just going through the motions to fulfill an obligation, like me taking out the trash at home.

If you want to count you have to show up. Making folks vote...Saadam got 100% of the vote in the 1996 Iraqi election. Nice guy, miss him a lot...

I hear that Kim Jong-Il's popularity has sunk to a new low of 120% approval...down from 140% this time last year.

Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: Edison Coatings <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:54 am
Subject: [BP] None of the Above
To: [log in to unmask]

> While the option to vote "none of the above" has a certain
> appeal, I have to express doubts that it would actually
> be meaningful. Half the electorate votes "none of the above" by
> being absent on election day every year. Having spent the better
> part of several weekends knocking on doors last Fall for a local
> Congressional candidate, I came to the conclusion that these
> absent voters probably shouldn't vote, because they knew nothing
> and cared less.
>
> When I resided in Switzerland, briefly, many years ago, they had
> elections to decide major issues on a nearly monthly basis.
> Voting was mandatory, and failure to do so was punishable by
> fine. They got 95% turnout. Now those people could have used a
> "none of the above" option.
>
> Mike E
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: John Leschen <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:31:26 -0700
> Subject: Re: [BP] Rescue Dawn
>
> > |We need [WINDOWS-1252?]“None of the [WINDOWS-1252?]Above” on
> the ballot
> >
> > We are trying!
> >
> http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/07/19/none_of_the_above/
> >
> > H. John Leschen IV
> > Phantom Housewrights Inc.
> > Plympton, Massachusetts
> > (781)679-2166
> > (781)679-2175 Fax
>
>
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