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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: President Obama Wants To Propose 'Mandatory Voting.' It would change everything. [View all]liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)but now you want universal voting? And no, mandatory voting would not counteract money. Money is what buys the commercials that tells people who to vote for and the American people are sheep when it comes to tv telling them what to do. They love to have the tv tell them what to do. It means they don't have to do any research about a candidate's voting record. It means they don't have to think, just like it already is today. I just bet the the two party system would love mandatory voting. They have billions to throw at the tv to tell people who to vote for. Just how is that supposed to change what we already have? Maybe this is the two party system's way of squashing any chance a third party might have in the future because after all why do so many people not vote? Because they know both parties are bought by rich people and big business. They know that the two parties support millionaires, not the average worker. No, President Obama if you want to counteract money in politics then make elections publicly funded. That is how you counteract money in politics.