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Another Dumb Idea From Los Angeles (paying people to vote)
Investor's Business Daily ^ | August 21, 2014 | Editorial

Posted on 08/22/2014 12:38:56 PM PDT by EveningStar

Elections: The city of Los Angeles is considering paying voters to encourage turnout. Needless to say, it's a ridiculous idea that will reward low-information voting, foster political demagogues and breed corruption.

Sure, some in the political class will say what's not to like? Higher voter turnout sounds good and, more to the point, the political left likely will benefit from paying people to vote.

This is what's done, officially or not, in places like Venezuela, Central America and southern Mexico, where the political class doles the goodies and subliterate voters sell their votes for bags of beans. Lots of left-wing demagogues have been elected on populist waves.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: electionbribery; electionfraud; liberalagenda; losangeles; voterbribery; voting
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To: EveningStar

LA, the home of dumb.


21 posted on 08/22/2014 1:10:34 PM PDT by ully2
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To: ully2

Hey...wait just a minute...I live in L.A.

And yes you are right!


22 posted on 08/22/2014 1:14:04 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: C210N

Its the to bring back only property owners vote.


23 posted on 08/22/2014 1:14:05 PM PDT by ully2
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

*Anything to quicken the collapse into complete insolvency.
I’m sick and tired of hoping that things will turn out OK.

Here’s to 500 years of abject despotism and despair! *

Nostradamus-like prediction:

DARK AGES MACH II
2025-2525


24 posted on 08/22/2014 1:17:31 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: jmacusa

It should read “paying people to vote democrat”


25 posted on 08/22/2014 1:31:13 PM PDT by refermech
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To: refermech

LOL! In Hudson County that was a given.


26 posted on 08/22/2014 1:37:47 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: EveningStar

Another thing like the numbers racket that is illegal if private parties do it, but becomes a liberal program for the government to carry out.


27 posted on 08/22/2014 2:02:02 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: EveningStar

If it is legal to pay people to vote wouldn’t it also be legal to pay them not to vote?


28 posted on 08/22/2014 2:04:52 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Democrats love poor blacks - that's why they keep them on the Plantation)
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To: DoughtyOne
The collective IQ of the Los Angeles city council couldn’t best the wind speed of a class 5 hurricane.

If brains were leather they couldn't saddle a gnat.


29 posted on 08/22/2014 2:07:12 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Democrats love poor blacks - that's why they keep them on the Plantation)
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To: all the best
We need fewer people voting not more.

Bingo. I was opposed to same-day registration because I felt that if someone was so politically clueless that he or she didn't know that you had to register in advance, I didn't want the person voting.

30 posted on 08/22/2014 2:07:37 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: EveningStar

Trust me ES I wouldn’t pass this on our City council they are f**** crazy


31 posted on 08/22/2014 2:11:17 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: EveningStar

Why were they motivated to come up with this? They run (into the ground) the place already.


32 posted on 08/22/2014 2:52:43 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: PATRIOT1876

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic


33 posted on 08/22/2014 8:20:13 PM PDT by RipSawyer (OPM is the religion of the sheeple.)
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To: Iron Munro

LOL


34 posted on 08/23/2014 11:36:46 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
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