All Things Are Possible. With Money.

  

Let's give money the vote. Hey, we've given corporations the right to spend all the money they want to influence elections, why not just cut to the chase and give the vote to the money. If you want to vote for president, then one vote should cost say $1000, for Senators, say $400, for Congressmen how about $100. Well okay then, maybe $5 for each. That might be closer to the value of each. But then you could vote multiple times depending on how much money you have.

       The thing is, money talks. You can accomplish a whole storehouse of objectives if you have the money to do so. Without the money behind you, you won't get far. So nothing would actually change from the way it is now.  Billions would still be spent on elections. The only difference is that instead of going to sign makers and TV stations and the like, it would be spent at the polls.

       Another, and perhaps the most important, advantage is that all that money would be going to the IRS. That means your taxes could go down measurably. Of course your vote would be worth less, $5 remember, but since your taxes would be lower, you could afford to buy that new TV you've been wanting, or that Refrigerator or whatever. That would help to improve the economy so that our elected officials could take credit for all the new jobs.

       It's what we call a win-win-win idea. Big money wins, politicians win, you win. What's not to like here? Oh, I admit there are a few drawbacks to this scheme, like the electorate would lose control over the electoral process, but haven't we lost that already? Between big money and special interest groups, the voter really doesn't have much say now-a-days anyway. And with this plan TV stations and networks and news papers and sign makers would lose tons of money forcing them to lay some staff off, but the tax savings alone would more than make up for those losses  Now if it could get past Congress, I'm convinced our current Supreme Court would vote to approve along party lines. I should go on the road with this proposal.