Question: If there were ballots in each state: raise taxes on rich and a min wage raise would peeps
Edited on Thu Mar-17-11 08:57 PM by Snoutport
get out and vote?
Rachel Maddow is saying right now that minimum wage increases get people to the ballot boxes. what if that was combined with ballots to raise taxes on people who make more than 1 million? Think of the turnout...then imagine all the state elections and federal elections would flip blue because of the turnout. (think wisconsin....angry at the repubs + a wage increase + a tax on the rich=gigantic turnout)
The likelyhood of getting more than a small percentage of people to the polls is slim. So many anymore don't care enough to even vote- they just do as they're told and don't make noise about anything. Every time someone mentions raising minimum wage, you have some CEO screaming that it'll raise the cost of living- which it shouldn't, but they (the CEO's) make sure of it.
In others the media will label it "crazy liberals" then the big corporations will spend billions in advertising telling the TV addicted crowds how it's an anti-American proposition. DOA.
7. An excellent point. I got to thinking about that after I posted
There's always something you can reach out to a block of voters with to bring them to the polls. You just have to tailor it to the region you're targeting.
8. bills mandating clean energy...tied to local wind and solar with jobs
jobs, raise in minimum wage, clean water bill, tax on the rich and corporations...it could all pass if the base was out...and I think it is gonna be out!!!
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