[EM] New election system proposed - Larger votes for poorer people.

[Dave Ketchum]

A loser.  We already suffer from the poor voting to take from the rich. 
Encourage this just a bit more and the rich will get the message, refuse 
to be victims, join the poor, and all will suffer together (except for 
those who figure out how to work around the system).

This does not mean that I object to the poor getting treated better than 
they have been - the mistreatment has cost the rich more than more 
reasonable treatment might have.

One trouble is that too many of the poor are there because they do not 
contribute in a way that would earn them a chance to leave the ranks of 
the poor.

Dave Ketchum

On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 10:26:19 -0700 Steve Glickman wrote:

> Hey group,
> 
> My name is Steve Glickman. I'm the president and founder of a new movement
> called the Fair Choice Party. The FCP promotes the idea of curving the size
> of vote size so that poorer people get larger votes. The basic principle is
> to establish a system where each of us is permitted to choose fairly between
> how much participation (vote) and insulation (wealth) we want. It's a
> radical new step in the direction of social justice; brought into focus
> recently by our technology.
> 
> The website is http://FairChoice.org, and for those of you who want to skip
> right to the mathematics try
> http://fairchoice.org/text/VoteScalingTechniques.html.
> 
> I know that this idea is a little out of the ordinary; but I'm interested in
> hearing your thoughts on it. Please refrain from blaming poor people for
> their own problems; perhaps they are, perhaps they are not - but I think
> that it's become appear ant the it's not healthy to ignore their plight nor
> continue to look to the privileged to come up with solutions. What the Fair
> Choice proposes is a long-term system which is realistic, flexible, and yet
> maintains the aspect of both free trade and elected leaders.
> 
> 
> - Steve

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