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Originally Posted by Robbie
Baby steps...soon EVERYTHING will be "mandatory".
The govt. wants more power. Every time they gain power, we lose a small piece of freedom.
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Robbie my friend, read the second line of that article.
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Asked how to offset the influence of big money in politics, President Barack Obama suggested it's time to make voting a requirement.
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Then just a few lines down, he says
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"It would be transformative if everybody voted -- that would counteract money more than anything," he said, adding it was the first time he had shared the idea publicly.
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So give it a rest already. Your "freedom" is already been sold to liars with agendas like the Koch Brothers. Don't forget that many of the ads and other measures were put in place to stop people from voting in the first place.
Making it mandatory to vote may not be the worlds best idea, but it is at least one idea to counteract the the hundreds of millions spent on voting now.