>Mark;
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>I consider voting (I always do) my right of passive revolution. My voice is heard collectively along with the voices of my fellow voters. Recently I noticed we have the right to vote but not the right to have our votes counted in a meaningfully way.
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>Somehow I think the system is self-perpetuating and does not require anyone voting. The politicians already know what they are going to do to us and not for us. :)
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>Tom

I agree with the pol's not fearing the voters, but this is more because of voter apathy and no memory whatsoever. If voter turnout was over 60 to 70%, I think you would see attitudes start to change. Hell, it took a prison sentence to get Dan Rostenkowski out of office. The voters should have ousted him years earlier. But then that was Chicago wasn't it?