Here's a very interesting article:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6892.html

How much would it cost to get you to surrender your right to vote?

I thought about this. At first, I thought, "no way". However, given enough dollars, I don't need to vote! Could go live somewhere else, or maybe just drop off the grid and do my thing.

It's a tempting idea. Discuss!

Give me enough money and I can buy influence over other people's votes. So it would have to be quite a lot of money to give up my own vote. Tens of millions at least. Without that ability, you could not pay me to give up my right to vote.

Andrew

Didn't think of it that way. Interesting idea. You still would be "voting" by proxy, but "voting" all the same.

Wonder if some of the students that named dollar amounts or scholarships were thinking the same way?

Well, it's obvious that many students do not value their right to vote, given that so few of them actually exercise it.

Andrew

Which is why Stephen Colbert did what he did. He was trying to get them interested, because nagging and lecturing isn't going to do it this time. What is really amazing to me is the fact the South Carolina democrats didn't seem to grasp it.

How much is my right to vote worth?

I honestly don't know, I haven't put a price on it.

Mainly because it's not for sale.