I agree with most of this, but that's no fun.
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20 reasons to vote for Ralph Nader on November 2
5. With your vote, Ralph Nader will lay the foundation for a new
American political movement that will begin taking political power back
from the elites. A vote for Nader is a vote for the end of politics as
>>>> This I think is the Achilles heel of the argument.
After being around all this time, when is this 'movement'
going to take shape? Why haven't we seen something already?
All I see is a one-man band. Can anyone name those who
rank from 2nd to tenth in his organization? Were they
elected by members? Is there anything concrete to be a
member of? Why is it a secret?
18. Ralph Nader believes taxes should apply first to behavior and
conditions we least favor, such as the clearly addictive industries
(alcohol and tobacco), pollution, stock speculation, gambling, extreme
luxuries, instead of the 5% to 8.5% sales tax on food, furniture, clothing
or books.
>>> A secondary point, but this is odd. The Feds don't
have a sales tax. Ralph isn't running for governor. On
a practical note, it is not obvious that you could replace
the sales tax with these alternatives.
mbs
