And that's cheap compared to a lot of places in the country. In my town, we're almost to $4 flat for just regular! I've told Mrs. S that it's bad, but at least we're not in California.
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I'm guessing Cori Bush isn't the most popular elected official here on ChimpOut?
Just wait when the niggers and mulattos are the majority, America will be another Brazil or South Africa all chimp out.
Sadly I don't think there is a peaceful solution. To my mind the biggest flaw to western democracies is, that people employed by or living of the state (tax payer money) are allowed to vote. In the long run that will always end in a kleptocracy where the most useless/ruthless people take the lead and the state expands dramatically, just like a self-reinforcing error in physics. (Similar 'small scale' example: copyright vs. patent rights).
I've said for a long time that if someone receives even a penny of government welfare, whether it's direct cash or food stamps, the person loses all right to vote, whether it's for president or a dogcatcher. But of course that would never happen, because as you point out, politicians depend on such people. There's an old saying, attributed to different people, that a democracy can't survive once people realize they can vote themselves money from the public treasury.
Haha, yes, as always we are on the same page here :). I actually would go even further, even though that for sure is not very democratic, but I do not see an other option: I do think ordinary government workers should not be allowed to vote as well. Because they as well are naturally interested in a) not loosing their job (there are many departments that would make themselves obsolete if they did their job right), and b) sooner or later the dominant political parties will try to give these jobs to their own people. Just remember how many tax payer billions go to completely undemocratic institutions like UN and various other NGOs - and how often politicians and/or their spouses have jobs there as well. The whole system is damaged beyond repair.
That's how it should be too, and any employees of government contractors, plus public sector unions. Mark Levin (probably the best American conservative radio host right now) made close to that point last night. He said that if you give someone $10K cash to vote for him, that's illegal. But if you give someone $10K through government welfare, and I add government contracts to that, then it's legal.
Haha, yes, I think everyone who is old enough and has seen a few governments coming and going and experienced a few elections comes to that conclusion. Unless, of course, he/she is part of the problem (or just plain stupid). On the other hand, we would not have the problems we do have if people realized, so I have to be wrong.
Thanks for the Mark Levin hint, I didn't know him. I just read a few of his transcripts, he seems to be a reasonable guy - despite the lawyer thing :D.