Comments on: Long Lines To Vote Are a Poll Tax http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/11/long-lines-to-vote-are-a-poll-tax Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ace Armstrong http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/11/long-lines-to-vote-are-a-poll-tax/comment-page-1#comment-46205 Ace Armstrong Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:06:19 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=6374#comment-46205 Right on Rachel! The only true religion in this country is the almighty buck, buttressed by cost benefit analysis and risk assessment. Time is money, and Ms. Maddow is on the money with this observation. The true culprit of the present economic fluctuation is the obfuscation of risk. Just as long voter lines are an obfuscation of a de facto poll tax. Just because someone plays within the rules, doesn't necessarily demonstrate morals and ethics. Long lines along with registration challenges and propaganda of voter fraud are all tools in the bag of tricks. Right on Rachel!
The only true religion in this country is the almighty buck, buttressed by cost benefit analysis and risk assessment. Time is money, and Ms. Maddow is on the money with this observation.
The true culprit of the present economic fluctuation is the obfuscation of risk. Just as long voter lines are an obfuscation of a de facto poll tax.
Just because someone plays within the rules, doesn’t necessarily demonstrate morals and ethics.
Long lines along with registration challenges and propaganda of voter fraud are all tools in the bag of tricks.

]]> By: D Metzger http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/11/long-lines-to-vote-are-a-poll-tax/comment-page-1#comment-46199 D Metzger Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:06:47 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=6374#comment-46199 That and the fact that she's one of the only TV pundits willing to embrace the liberal label without qualifiers. Here in Wisconsin we have an extremely progressive vote registration and a law stating employers <strong>must</strong> allow employees to leave to vote but for hourly workers (most Wisconsinites) time taken off is time not paid. It's not so much Jim Crow-style poll taxing up here as it is a combination of suppression and poor planning. Still not acceptable; not in a country that claims to be the pinnacle of democracy. That and the fact that she’s one of the only TV pundits willing to embrace the liberal label without qualifiers. Here in Wisconsin we have an extremely progressive vote registration and a law stating employers must allow employees to leave to vote but for hourly workers (most Wisconsinites) time taken off is time not paid. It’s not so much Jim Crow-style poll taxing up here as it is a combination of suppression and poor planning.

Still not acceptable; not in a country that claims to be the pinnacle of democracy.

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