On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:02:40AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote:
| On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote:
|
| > Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I
| > like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes.
|
| But then votes are property, and property can be t
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Adam Shostack wrote:
> Ross Perot demonstrated that you can buy your way into an election
> now. Maybe we should just admit that that's the case. Could it be
> worse than the unofficially sold elections and gerrymandered districts
> we have now?
I think it's pretty well dem
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote:
> Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I
> like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes.
But then votes are property, and property can be transfered, so
you could sell your vote from your will, and dead voters co
"Who, for instance, sees nothing at all wrong with selling votes. Where I
come from, it's called "equity". :-)."
Yes, one could argue that the vast majority of the public have their votes
bought and sold all the time, but they are unaware of it and don't reap the
benefits. Wait scratch that...t
