Your correct there is no corporate conspiracy, or any bull like that. It just seems to me that there is a bit of a conflict of interests when politician's campaigns are bank rolled by the corporations and then once elected these politicians go and coincidentally pass laws providing these corporations with corporate welfare and tax cuts. Now don't get me wrong I don't have anything against big corporations (in fact I work for one of the biggest in the world), its just a question of what the country would better benefit from. Not giving a giant company a tax break isn't gonna make them go bankrupt. And think of all the good that tax money could do: improve education, end child poverty, universal health care, the list goes on. I don't pretend to know everything and I'm always looking to learn, so if you know exactly how corporate welfare helps the country better then new schools and better health care would please fill me in.
Boy has this two party duopoly got you brain washed. They got you convinced that that if you dare to vote for anyone else it is throwing away of a vote. You may say, "well there is no way Nader can win, duh-urt". Well how will a third party ever win unless people throw off the (two party created) notion that a 3rd party vote is wasted vote and take some courage and vote for their conscience.
Another thing you have to remember the election is decided by Electoral College, and states are winner take all. So if you're a voter in a state that is definitely going to Gore and you vote for him YOU'RE the one who's wasted your vote. Where the Nader voter has done something that WILL shape politics, by getting the Green Party 5% of the vote and allowing them to recognized party.
Hey, If you're in a swing state, go for it vote for Gore. But if you are in a state that's definitely going one way or the other, vote for who you think will bring change to the politics to this country and not for who the corporations tell you to vote for.
Now a phone and a PDA is a nice idea, but the ultimate combo is the phone/PDA combo with mp3 support as well as the ability to play Gameboy games. When they make that I'm sold. Why would you need anything else?
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Your correct there is no corporate conspiracy, or any bull like that. It just seems to me that there is a bit of a conflict of interests when politician's campaigns are bank rolled by the corporations and then once elected these politicians go and coincidentally pass laws providing these corporations with corporate welfare and tax cuts. Now don't get me wrong I don't have anything against big corporations (in fact I work for one of the biggest in the world), its just a question of what the country would better benefit from. Not giving a giant company a tax break isn't gonna make them go bankrupt. And think of all the good that tax money could do: improve education, end child poverty, universal health care, the list goes on. I don't pretend to know everything and I'm always looking to learn, so if you know exactly how corporate welfare helps the country better then new schools and better health care would please fill me in.
Boy has this two party duopoly got you brain washed. They got you convinced that that if you dare to vote for anyone else it is throwing away of a vote. You may say, "well there is no way Nader can win, duh-urt". Well how will a third party ever win unless people throw off the (two party created) notion that a 3rd party vote is wasted vote and take some courage and vote for their conscience.
Another thing you have to remember the election is decided by Electoral College, and states are winner take all. So if you're a voter in a state that is definitely going to Gore and you vote for him YOU'RE the one who's wasted your vote. Where the Nader voter has done something that WILL shape politics, by getting the Green Party 5% of the vote and allowing them to recognized party.
Hey, If you're in a swing state, go for it vote for Gore. But if you are in a state that's definitely going one way or the other, vote for who you think will bring change to the politics to this country and not for who the corporations tell you to vote for.
Now a phone and a PDA is a nice idea, but the ultimate combo is the phone/PDA combo with mp3 support as well as the ability to play Gameboy games. When they make that I'm sold. Why would you need anything else?