The Pointless "Civic Duty" of Choosing Who Will Raise My Taxes And Spend It On Crap
People who have known me - I mean REALLY known me - for a good number of years have expressed shock and surprise in recent years when I point out that voting (with the possible exception of local offices - more on this below) is an utterly meaningless waste of time and resources, emotion, and quite frankly nothing but someone telling me that I need them as a personal savior from "that elected person" in another state who (so the story goes) is going to raise my taxes and give it to an illegal immigrant (or something like that). American voting, the only kind with which I have any firsthand experience, is little more than someone trying to frighten me about what someone else is going to do, so I should go down to my local precinct and vote for this other person who will save me by spending seven figures (or more) to take a job that pays six figures. And then we wonder why these folks don't know basic economics. I have basically taken (and practice) abstinence in regards to...