Posted on 03/08/2011 9:34:10 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
What would you say if I told you the locks on your doors were a waste of time and money? After all, if you’re like most people, no one has ever unlawfully entered your home. In fact, there’s little evidence that anyone has ever tried. So why do you waste time installing and utilizing those silly deadbolts?
If that argument sounds ludicrous, which it should, realize it is precisely the same argument being utilized by opponents of photo identification and other sensible election integrity measures being pursued by Republican controlled legislatures throughout the union. The Washington Post reported on the debate Monday. The article highlighted arguments akin to you should not lock your doors because no one has tried to get in.
For all the allegations of voter fraud, Democrats and voting rights groups say, there is scant evidence to show that it is a problem(…)
“Election policy debates like photo ID and same-day registration have become so fierce around the country because they are founded more on passionate belief than proven fact,” said Doug Chapin, an election-law expert at the Pew Center on the States. “One side is convinced fraud is rampant; the other believes that disenfranchisement is widespread. Neither can point to much in the way of evidence to support their position, so they simply turn up the volume.
Chapin’s observation accepts as valid the argument that evidence of voter fraud is necessary to justify measures to prevent it. Opponents of election integrity frequently begin with that argument, stating that efforts to secure the vote are a solution looking for a problem. However, the same could be said of any security measure.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
They stood by and watched their own government for the past 25 years, flood the country with tens of millions of illegal aliens who have created a titanic amount of fraud, as the government forced them to pay for this epic crime by supporting the illegal aliens health care, housing etc, etc, etc......
Unions may have jumped the "Engorged TICK"..
They are exposed as the parasites they are...
There are more *government* unionized employees today in America, than in the private sector.
One City… Celebrating Together” Inauguration of the Mayor of the District of Columbia Swearing-In Ceremony of the Council Chairman and Councilmembers of the District of Columbia Ballroom A/B
Tickets Required – 7,500 tickets available FREE to the public Two (2) tickets per person (must show photo ID) Tickets available: December 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30, 2010 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145
http://graytransition2010.org/inauguration.php
racist Dem mayor- required photo ID !!
Duuugh... "Solidarity" MEANS they stand together..
Same agenda, same tactics, same Cloward-Piven gambits..
Theres no Union in union.. its totally totalitarian..
Which is why commies invade UNIONS FIRST..
"Right to work" does not eliminate the problem it just slows the problem down..
RICO laws aimed at Unions empower the ability to track the malfeance..
Duuugh... "Solidarity" MEANS they stand together.. Same agenda, same tactics, same Cloward-Piven gambits..
Not quite the same.....One slight difference....
You're directly paying for the bloated tax paid salaries and lottery style retirement pensions of these union members...
Non public sector Unions are paid More directly than public sector Unions.. are paid
ALL union salaries are parasitical whether paid directly or not..
Not only that but NO TAXES are paid by business.. NONE...
Taxes are costs of doing business and are paid by taxpayers(customers).. just as Union salaries are..
Taxpayers pay for literally everything.. EVERYTHING..
Government, Goods, Entertainment, Food, Insurance, Fuel, Health Care... everything..
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