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>Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. > Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the > 2000 Presidential election:
Who?
> > > > Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;
Totally meaningless. People voted in higher concentrations for Gore. So?
> > > > Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000
Again, totally meaningless.
> > > > States won by: Gore: 19 Bush: 29
This should actually raise a red flag in people's minds concerning our electoral college system, considering that Gore had a half a million more votes than Bush did. Other than that, again, totally meaningless.
> > > > Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2 Bush: 2.1
So? Which candidate had a higher fucking-your-sister rate? Ad hominem garbage.
> > > > Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush > won was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying citizens of this > country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living > in government-owned projects and living off government welfare..." > (Can you say New Orleans, New York City, New You-Owe-Me, etc.)
Baseless and ad hominem.
> > > > Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the > "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of > democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already > having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
WOW! I totally agree here re complacency and apathy. Look at the popularity of Fox News and ignorant, informationless emails such as these, for example. I get the feeling old Olson didn't really have that kind of thing in mind, though. > > > > The critical point is when people living on government entitlements > passes 50% and can control future elections. From that point, the > party that promises the most free entitlements wins. Unfortunately > less than 50% of the population will be paying the taxes to support > the majority. It won't be long after that the country will be > bankrupt.
Our country is nowhere near that. Pure idiocy, even in theory.
So, you wondered, I answered. ENJOY!
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