Quote from: MoonShadow on November 30, 2011, 09:37:36 PM

Quote from: Hawker on November 30, 2011, 09:10:38 PM

Quote from: ALPHA. on November 30, 2011, 07:50:36 PM

This is an old concept but good one. This used to apply in this nation and I certainly preferred it.

Why should people with little to nothing be allowed to vote away and steal the property of others? Shouldn't the law that regulates property only be handled by the property owners that the law mainly affects in the first place?

You are too soft on the spineless losers who make up the citizenry of your fair land. Only the 1% should have the vote.

Ironicly, less than 1% actually do have a vote. The ritutual of voting for president every four years is an official poll, not a vote. Nor is it 'democracy' in any direct sense. The citizen casts his vote for his choice, then electors are gathered together to vote on who is president. It's called the electoral system, and it usually has the same results, but it hasn't always and doesn't have to. Most states bind their electors to the majority will of the state's citizenry for the first vote, but if there isn't a majority winner the first go, the electors can then vote for whomever they wish. Very few states bind their electors for as many as three votes, but none beyond that. Even so, the consequences for voting contrary (it's not a secret vote, btw) are not all that huge.

Yeah, the electoral college has got to go.