Comments on: Take the Money http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 01:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Henry Miller http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-39877 Henry Miller Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:58:54 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/#comment-39877 <p>I'd take the money but then vote anyway. This is one of the few cases where I'd feel good about breaking a contract.</p> I’d take the money but then vote anyway. This is one of the few cases where I’d feel good about breaking a contract.

]]> By: Henry Miller http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-47615 Henry Miller Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:58:54 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/#comment-47615 <p>I'd take the money but then vote anyway. This is one of the few cases where I'd feel good about breaking a contract.</p> I’d take the money but then vote anyway. This is one of the few cases where I’d feel good about breaking a contract.

]]> By: Erik Schmidt http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-39876 Erik Schmidt Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:46:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/#comment-39876 <p><i>A million dollars in exchange for never voting again? You'd be an idiot not to take that deal</i></p> <p>I suppose you're right, if you're thinking only in terms of efficiency.</p> <p>But what if I don't want to cut all those checks and have my political leanings on the public record? How would I teach my children about the importance of voting if I myself routed around the system? How would I teach them about the value of hard work?</p> <p>What if I don't believe in political parties or political lobbies? What if I think the massive amounts of money involved in politics are at the root of Americans' mistrust of government?</p> <p>Sure, getting a million bucks in return for my voting rights would be great. But I wouldn't characterize it as a completely lopsided exchange.</p> A million dollars in exchange for never voting again? You’d be an idiot not to take that deal

I suppose you’re right, if you’re thinking only in terms of efficiency.

But what if I don’t want to cut all those checks and have my political leanings on the public record? How would I teach my children about the importance of voting if I myself routed around the system? How would I teach them about the value of hard work?

What if I don’t believe in political parties or political lobbies? What if I think the massive amounts of money involved in politics are at the root of Americans’ mistrust of government?

Sure, getting a million bucks in return for my voting rights would be great. But I wouldn’t characterize it as a completely lopsided exchange.

]]> By: Erik Schmidt http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-47614 Erik Schmidt Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:46:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/15/take-the-money/#comment-47614 <p><i>A million dollars in exchange for never voting again? You'd be an idiot not to take that deal</i></p> <p><br></p> <p>I suppose you're right, if you're thinking only in terms of efficiency.</p> <p><br></p> <p>But what if I don't want to cut all those checks and have my political leanings on the public record? How would I teach my children about the importance of voting if I myself routed around the system? How would I teach them about the value of hard work?</p> <p><br></p> <p>What if I don't believe in political parties or political lobbies? What if I think the massive amounts of money involved in politics are at the root of Americans' mistrust of government?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Sure, getting a million bucks in return for my voting rights would be great. But I wouldn't characterize it as a completely lopsided exchange.</p> A million dollars in exchange for never voting again? You’d be an idiot not to take that deal


I suppose you’re right, if you’re thinking only in terms of efficiency.


But what if I don’t want to cut all those checks and have my political leanings on the public record? How would I teach my children about the importance of voting if I myself routed around the system? How would I teach them about the value of hard work?


What if I don’t believe in political parties or political lobbies? What if I think the massive amounts of money involved in politics are at the root of Americans’ mistrust of government?


Sure, getting a million bucks in return for my voting rights would be great. But I wouldn’t characterize it as a completely lopsided exchange.

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