BREAKING: President Obama Wants To Propose 'Mandatory Voting.' It would change everything.

[lovemydog]

104. 'If man were meant to fly, he'd have wings.'

Yes, people said that around the time of the invention of the airplane. A people and its government can do a lot of things if it wants to do so.

I welcome this discussion. At the very least, it's planting a seed in people's minds. One-third of eligible voters voted in the last Congressional election. That's atrocious. What does it cause? It causes authoritarian control as evidenced by the tea party and right wing controlled Congress.

Am I in favor of compulsory voting in the United States? I don't know. I'm leaning toward a yes. And I am not in favor of a military draft.

It's certainly worthy of discussion. Do I think we've reached a crisis point, where our ideals of expanding rights and congressional houses that represent average people is looking more and more bleak? Yes I do.

We're losing our hard fought rights, due to big money in politics, cynicism and ignorance about voting (some of which is in evidence here on this thread and throughout this message board), and new laws springing up nationwide that are actually making it harder rather than easier for people to vote.

It's not enough to criticize a President or a Presidential candidate or non-candidate. What are we doing to actually improve this country? In my opinion it's not even enough to just vote. That's the least one does as a citizen.

I applaud President Obama for opening up this discussion.