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From: keduh@hogpd.UUCP (D.HUDEK)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: re : voting
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Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 10:31:45 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 16 10:31:45 1984
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<< please have mercy on my electronic soul !!  don't eat me !! >>

The following is a portion of a letter I sent out this morning
in response to some mail I received.  I dunno, I find the topic
of assigning votes on the basis of something other than age to
be interesting, but maybe I'm just spinning my wheels. Anyway...
I'll throw this out to net.politics one more time and see if I get
any more bites.    :-)

>>>>  wow !  no pretty pictures !   happy ? <<<<

[ ihnp4!   or   pegasus! ]  hogpd!keduh


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I agree that there should be a difference between money earned
vs money "found" (inherited,won in a contest, etc.).
As to the idea of rewarding other types of achievement, that
sounds like a good idea. The problem is in determining what
kinds of achievement indicate an ability to think and make
"correct" decisions. Also, which should result in the "immortal"
and which should result in the "mortal"-type votes ?

I would think that publishing the results of new research should
be rated roughly equivalent to the $30,000/year criteria --
you get (temporarily-- for 3 years, say) an extra vote.
I suppose that one could get sentimental and reward people
who bring "honor" to the country with an extra vote [either
temporarily or permanently depending on the great deed].
In other words, one who won a gold medal at the Olympics might
get an extra vote for one year, while the great explorers
(like the men who went to the moon) might get an extra vote
permanently. Of course, when (and if) space travel gets to be
mundane, the voting rewards for that activity would stop.
What about giving people who risk their lives to benefit society
[like firemen/women/people/whatever] an extra vote ?

Oh well, I've run out of time, but it is an interesting topic
to speculate on.
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