Thoughts of a Regular Guy: Take My Poll, Please

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Take My Poll, Please

8 comments:

Ori Pomerantz said...: Do you want us to take it even if we're not potential voters and are unlikely to represent the average voter population?; 6/17/2009 1:22 PM
Arby said...: I thought the line was, "Take my wife, please!"; 6/17/2009 3:59 PM
Paul, just this guy, you know? said...: To both of you: yes, that's right.; 6/17/2009 5:48 PM
Subvet said...: Terrific, now wheninhell are you moving to Texas so my vote is worth something?; 6/17/2009 8:24 PM
LarryD said...: Great site, Paul! Voted too. But I share similar sentiments with Subvet, except with me you wouldn't have to move far - just across the lake to Michigan.

And I'll be sending support in the snail mail shortly!; 6/17/2009 8:37 PM
Bookworm said...: Since I don't live in your district, I don't feel it would be right for me to vote in this poll and skew the results, but I will give my answers here.

I put abortion/life issues first and political corruption a VERY close second. The reason being that without progress against corruption and a concerted effort to elect truly ethical lawmakers, no real progress can be made on ANY other issue. In fact I'm almost tempted to rank corruption equal to or even ahead of abortion for that reason. (Pro-life candidates who turn out to be corrupt do nothing to advance the cause, and only make it harder to elect others like them.)

Now, I don't think fighting corruption necessarily means writing boatloads of new laws and restrictions on campaign financing, lobbying, etc. (which determined practitioners of crookedness will always find a way to get around).

I think it means voters paying attention to the CHARACTER and past actions of the people they elect, instead of just blindly assuming that "they are all crooks anyway" or voting for the person who tells them what they want to hear.; 6/17/2009 10:59 PM
Bookworm said...: I'm curious to know what, if any, feedback you are getting regarding a potential income tax hike.

For reasons which would take all day to explain, I personally am not opposed to it but I understand why many other people are.

I would urge that if a tax hike is, in the end, ruled out, that a moratorium of at least one year, possibly two, be placed on ALL member initiative/pork projects (even the most worthy and non-wasteful ones) and those funds instead targeted to the most critical areas of human service (e.g. care for handicapped children or homebound elderly persons) that are now slated to be drastically cut or eliminated. Not one Democrat or Republican state official or legislator has, to my knowledge, seriously suggested this.

A new park or community building can wait another year or two or until the economy improves. A parent with a Down Syndrome child who can no longer attend a summer day program because it's being shut down as of June 30 cannot wait. To hold them hostage in order to gin up public support for a tax hike IF (and this may be a big if) funds can still be found elsewhere in the budget is, in my opinion, unconscionable.; 6/19/2009 6:50 AM
Oliver said...: nice website dude; 6/20/2009 3:25 PM

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