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Seattle gives residents $100 to donate to local politicians
washingtonexaminer.com ^
| 1/23/17
| Anna Giaritelli
Posted on 01/23/2017 9:12:26 AM PST by ColdOne
Seattle is offering voters $100 in "democracy vouchers" to donate to political candidates in an effort to limit big money in politics and boost civic involvement in elections.
Earlier this month, the first of the vouchers were mailed out for its inaugural run in citywide races in the fall.
The program is the first of its kind in the country and was supported by nearly two-thirds of voters in King County, Wash., as a ballot measure in 2015. In its run-up to the election, the "Honest Elections" measure, or Initiative 122, was touted as a way to motivate lesser-known candidates to run for office.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:12:26 AM PST
by
ColdOne
To: ColdOne
So the tax coffers are a slush fund?!
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:13:56 AM PST
by
VanDeKoik
To: ColdOne
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:14:48 AM PST
by
Samurai_Jack
(War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
To: ColdOne
May the residents take the $100 as a tax refund? Or is the city specifying that politicians, not residents, are eligible for the money.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:15:37 AM PST
by
SSS Two
To: VanDeKoik
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:15:56 AM PST
by
ColdOne
(( I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~)
To: ColdOne
How does this work? They take $100 from each person in taxes, and then give it back to the person?
This sounds maroonic.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:16:10 AM PST
by
NEMDF
To: ColdOne
Collect taxes from people.
Give back money to people in form of a “democracy voucher”.
People donate “voucher” to politicians.
I think this is called money laundering.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:18:22 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
(Les Deplorables Triumphant)
To: NEMDF
Property tax I believe...so renters get to spend property owners’ dollars on politicians who want to impose rent control.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:18:35 AM PST
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(Repeal & replace Obamacare, tax reform, fix infrastructure, fixin military, Israel, kill enemies)
To: ColdOne
I’m using my name as a write-in candidate.
9
posted on
01/23/2017 9:18:57 AM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: Flick Lives
10
posted on
01/23/2017 9:20:33 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:23:06 AM PST
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...".)
To: ColdOne
A person could buy a lot of booze and cigs with $100.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:25:12 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: ColdOne
If they’re like Food Stamps, and can be redeemed for half their value in drugs, then it’ll be a “success”!
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:26:45 AM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: ColdOne
The Clintons are scheming for a way to list the Foundation as a “local politician”.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:28:30 AM PST
by
samtheman
(delete * from executive orders where author=obama)
To: Army Air Corps
A person could buy a lot of booze and cigs with $100. Yeah, like one carton of cigarettes and a couple of bottles of gutrot.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:28:32 AM PST
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: NEMDF
"How does this work? They take $100 from each person in taxes, and then give it back to the person? This sounds maroonic." You're right, it IS moronic - they're NOT going to give it to any politicians; they're going to keep the $100 and spend it the way they want.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:29:05 AM PST
by
jackibutterfly
(We have to stop saying "How stupid can you get". Too many people are seeing it as a challenge.)
To: ColdOne
The seattle rain has entired and now resides in the brains of the seattle government.
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:30:55 AM PST
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: All
"They want the current rate of 1.5 percent of Seattle residents donating to political campaigns to increase to 4 or even 14 percent. Minnesota has the highest percentage, with 5 percent of residents donating." What the heck does Minnesota have to do with anything???
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:31:12 AM PST
by
jackibutterfly
(We have to stop saying "How stupid can you get". Too many people are seeing it as a challenge.)
To: All
""Voucher system is very exciting because every voter in the city will have an opportunity in the city to give a small contribution without having to use any money from their own pocket," said Brent Ferguson,..." Where does he think the money is coming from, the big dope!
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:33:08 AM PST
by
jackibutterfly
(We have to stop saying "How stupid can you get". Too many people are seeing it as a challenge.)
To: ColdOne
Buy the vouchers for 50 cents on the dollar from the voters and sell to politicians for 75 cents on the dollar. Everyone wins. Well except the tax payers.
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