Reply #29: I read a statistic that said there was a direct correlation [View All]

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between voter participation and standard of living in a community.

Now maybe that is a chicken or the egg kind of situation; does the community have high standard of living because people vote or do people vote because they enjoy a high standard of living. I choose to believe the former, that a large number of citizens voting in a particular community will improve the standard of living in that community. Therefor, voting is helping yourself. An up-by-the-bootstraps kind of action. That is why this kind of legislation makes me sick. Putting the boot squarely on the back of people who are trying to do better for themselves and their communities. :grr: