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Posted Anonymously
A free market for votes
Mar 7 2008, 9:35 AM EST | Post edited: Mar 7 2008, 9:35 AM EST
People should be allowed to sell their votes. At the last election both Kevin Rudd and John Howard tried to buy our votes using money taken from us in taxes. However I want to be able to sell my vote to Jamie Packer or however bids the highest price. Packer has lots of money and he didn't take any of it from me. If I could sell my vote to anybody I wanted to then the likes of Rudd and Howard would need to work harder to impress me.
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Posted Anonymously
1. RE: A free market for votes
Mar 8 2008, 9:25 PM EST | Post edited: Mar 8 2008, 9:25 PM EST
Why do I say no(at least until I am corrected)?
1.Is that a form of corruption?
2. Democracy can mean (with some improvement) that my true values can be reflected in this society, and yours too. Give us money for our votes and isn't that going to interfer with that?
3. Selling my vote seems like a cheap hit of drugs when I could be paying for my children's education, to me anyway.

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Andy38
2. RE: A free market for votes
Mar 9 2008, 2:19 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 9 2008, 2:19 PM EDT
While assume this post was in jest, though anonymous is quite correct that Packer didn't take your money from you while Rudd & Howard did, I would suggest that people ask themselves what they think they might get for their vote and then consider whether it is really "such a valuable thing" after all. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Posted Anonymously
3. RE: A free market for votes
Mar 10 2008, 1:11 AM EDT | Post edited: Mar 10 2008, 1:11 AM EDT
I can't see how selling your vote in a free market is any more corrupt than Rudd and Howard being allowed to buy your vote in a closed market. If people want to sell their vote now they can and do, however generally they are getting a sub optimal deal. A free market would mean that they may get more candy for their vote. Do you find this valuable?    

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