Re: A simple proposition to fix democracy in U.S.

"rico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I disagree with your tax credit idea, I do not think the
'state'  (in this
> case We the People) owes you the individual anything for
voting. You in a
> fashion owe participating to the state as a function of
your duty to the
> state. That said I would not have the state come out and
make you vote either.
> Of course a fair number of people do not register to vote
as a means of
> ducking jury duty. A lot of places still pull juries from
the voter pool
> rather then drivers licenses. I am indeed in favor of
anything to get people
> off their lazy butts and down to the polls short of a real
reward (cash, Best
> Buy Bucks etc). I would not mind seeing local government
wave bus fares on
> election day. that sort of thing. Maybe a weenie roast or
something at polling
> places.
> At an office I once worked in, we did something like that,
the local election
> offiicials had the poll workers hand out stickers to wear
on your shirt if you
> voted. Our management catered in lunch for everyone with a
sticker on
> Wednesday. In that office, 100% turnout. But of course it
did prove the old
> maxum, there is no Free Lunch. I thought it was a really
nice civic minded
> thing for them to do. Of course this bunch would do that
sort of thing for
> blood drives,united way day etc.; they would bring in
lunch at the drop of a
> hat (it kept people from leaving the building and if you
know nerds, they
> will work if they are near a computer. <g>)
>
> Talent on loan from Merck

Hey, you're not Rico. You're rico with a little r. What
happened to Rico with a big R?