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If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal. — Unknown
"If you continue doing what you've always done, you're going to get what you've always got." — Michael Badnarik, 2004 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate |
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VotingI wish I could tell you that voting makes a difference. I wish I could tell you that voting would change things. I wish I could tell you that voting would fix things. Your vote simply does not count. When has your vote in an election changed the outcome of an election or a proposition? It virtually never happens anywhere in the country. And it never happens for major offices or issues. No, sadly an election never comes down to a single vote, and therefore it does not matter whether you show up to vote for the Republican or the Democrat. The incumbent will win re-election, and in races where there is no incumbent, the districts have been Gerrymandered to the point that over nine out of ten districts so heavily favor one party over the other that the Primary decides the district. Worse, no matter what either candidate promises, whoever gets elected promptly forgets his obligation to you, and quickly picks up the looting where their predecessor left off. Dishearteningly, there is good reason to believe that the elections are rigged in the first place. That your vote literally does not count. Now with the government impetus on ballotless electronic voting, there will never be a way to be sure, or to disprove election fraud. A vast majority of those whom are eligible to vote, do not bother. Every election year this percentage increases. Less than one in five eligible voters actually participate in the process. Soon, people and propositions will be elected on the basis of less than 10% of the electorate. And despite assertions to the contrary, a "not vote" is just as valid a commentary as voting. "Not voting" is a harsh criticism of the voting process to begin with. It is as if a huge number of people have decided they do not wish to participate in the sham, or lend credence to the looting and civil rights violations of their fellow citizens, that voting endorses. If you cannot bear not to vote, I understand. But based upon the above observations may I make a suggestion? Do not waste your vote on either major party. They neither need nor care about your vote. Your vote will be lost in the re-elect the incumbent landslide as all votes are. But, there is one place where your vote is seen and appreciated. At a time when neither major party will protect your civil rights, at a time when both parties proudly send your children off in a whirlwind to invade other non-belligerent countries to expand an empire, at a time when either party seems unable to contain its insatiable desire to further raid your household income, why give them your vote? Vote for your libertarian candidates, strait across the ticket. In the end, if enough people vote Libertarian, and this vote tally covers the gap between the two major party candidates, they will at the very least have to emulate the positions of the libertarians to try and persuade you back to their side. So you see, you only waste your vote when you cast it for one of the two major parties. Voting for the Libertarians does not waste a vote, it makes a statement that no matter how objectionable one major party may be, the other WILL NOT automatically get your vote for being the perceived lesser of two evils, until that Party starts to actually practice what it preaches. Just this once. Just this one time. Give the Libertarians your vote in 2004. If you examine the political writing going back to before we became a country, politicians were declared thieves, crooks, swindlers, charlatans and arrogant aristocratic scoundrels by seemingly everyone. In our hearts we know this continues to be true. Yet we make excuses. "My CONgresscritter is not like them, but the rest are treacherous pirates." "It must be true because the President said so." "I am sorry I broke the law by going 75 m.p.h. on the empty freeway, your honor." No, the first thing you must do is be honest with yourself. They are all criminals. Oh, maybe they do not start out that way (but most do). But get a little Potomac fever, and they find themselves in charge, slavered over by obsequious sycophants, and the politicians quickly revert to form. They are all deal making crooks. They constantly take more and more out of your wallet, while promising to take less this time (if only you re-elect them). They constantly assault your freedom with force of arms, while declaring it is for your security. You never get either your money, or your liberty back. They are so bold now, as to refer to themselves as the ruling class. According to the Constitution they are the (public) servants, and we (the citizens) are the masters. But no one really pays any attention to the Constitution in government, unless it is convenient for government. I do not know what government rules America. I know it is not the very limited government laid out in the Constitution, and no amount of deceitful treachery by the black robes will convince me otherwise. The politicians desperately want you to vote. Next to your campaign contributions, they need your vote like an addict needs his fix. You voters serve to legitimize the theft of property and liberty from the people within our border; even worldwide. That is your only purpose. Your single vote counts for nothing. But collectively it is an affirmation to their constant pillaging. You are their enablers. So vote. Vote especially for the incumbents, who have made it so easy for you to re-elect them, and so difficult for them to be replaced. Or do not vote. Stay away from the polls. Break your own addiction. Cease being their facilitator in crimes against yourselves and your neighbors. Free your minds. Free yourselves. Do you own yourself? Yes or No. If someone else owns you, then you are a slave. If you own yourself, what right does any aspect of government have to any part of you without your permission? Tell the beast, "No!" Or be even less polite. What does the government do for you? Make a list. What does the government do to you? Make a list. Is what government provides, versus what government takes a good deal? Could you not provide for yourself and your family what the government now provides? And could you not do it better and even cheaper? Look at government's hidden costs. They are very large. And government is inefficient, and not concerned with the quality of their product or your satisfaction, just the appearance of their product. Do you own yourself? Have you ever wished you were King? Well, guess what? You are. You are the King of the Kingdom of You. Treat your subject well, and ignore the man behind the curtain. He is just an idiot politician who would starve if he could not loot you. So don't let him.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-302.html http://www.economist.com/surveys/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=850962 http://www.economist.com/surveys/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=850951 http://www.heritage.org/Research/Regulation/BG905.cfm http://www.libertyhaven.com/politicsandcurrentevents/taxesandtaxation/
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