voting - another Democratic bribe / holiday to bureaucrats

[a425couple]

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Right! What a fool.
Baxter acts like he wants Election days to be a federally
dictated National Holiday.
He & I live in states where the voting is done by mail.
So what is the day off needed for?
Just cost the national economy another half a billion
to bribe the federal bureaucrats more.

http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/all-mail-elections.aspx

ALL-MAIL ELECTIONS (AKA VOTE-BY-MAIL)
Dylan Lynch8/15/2018

Introduction
At least 22 states have provisions allowing certain elections to be
conducted entirely by mail. For these elections, all registered voters
receive a ballot in the mail. The voter marks the ballot, puts it in a
secrecy envelope or sleeve and then into a separate mailing envelope,
signs an affidavit on the exterior of the mailing envelope, and returns
the package via mail or by dropping it off.

Vote by mail logoBallots are mailed out well ahead of Election Day, and
thus voters have an “election period,” not just a single day, to vote.
All-mail elections can be thought of as absentee voting for everyone.
This system is also referred to as “vote by mail.” ---

As of January 2017, three of the 22 states—Oregon (2000), Washington
(2011) and Colorado (2013)—hold all elections entirely by mail.

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FEDERAL HOLIDAYS COST $500 MILLION. A: According to the Orange County
Register, it is estimated that every federal holiday costs taxpayers
about half a billion dollars in wages paid to the country's 2.7 million
federal employees.Feb 11, 2002
FEDERAL HOLIDAYS COST $500 MILLION - Daily Press
https://www.dailypress.com/.../dp-xpm-20020211-2002-02-11-0202090034-story.html


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Another day off? Enough, already - Today Show
https://www.today.com/money/another-day-enough-already-6C9678118
Feb 18, 2011 - Rasmussen notes that each holiday costs about $450
million in pay for federal employees and lost productivity. And the
polling company says ...

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Compensation for Federal Workforce Costs the Government $1 Million ...
https://www.fedsmith.com/.../compensation-federal-workforce-costs-government-1-mi...
Dec 28, 2017 - What does it cost to pay America's federal workforce? ...
Those same federal employees are given 10 federal holidays, 13 sick
days, and 20 ...

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Why Election Day isn't a federal holiday - Marketplace
https://www.marketplace.org/2016/11/02/.../why-election-day-isn-t-federal-holiday
Nov 2, 2016 - “If you're going to make it a federal holiday, that's
basically forcing companies to give workers additional vacation time, so
that's going to cost ...

[Baxter]

Post by a425couple

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Right! What a fool.

The only fool here is someone who believes you.

Post by a425couple
Baxter acts like he wants Election days to be a federally
dictated National Holiday.
He & I live in states where the voting is done by mail.

But most people don't. I'd be fine if EVERY state went to Vote-by-Mail.
But if they don't, making the day a holiday is entirely appropriate.
Then, of course, even in Vote-by-Mail states, they have ballot drop-off
sites where you can drop off your ballot on the last day -- and a lot of
people do exactly that.

Post by a425couple
So what is the day off needed for?
Just cost the national economy another half a billion

Other countries make voting a holiday and manage quite well - better than
the US in fact.

Post by a425couple
to bribe the federal bureaucrats more.

I'm guessing the people who actually have the money and do bribe the
federal bureaucrats and politicians don't bother to vote - they use
gullible fools like you.

[a425couple]

Post by Baxter

Post by a425couple

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1P7IlUWwAIg3nD.jpg

Right! What a fool.

The only fool here is someone who believes you.

Post by a425couple
Baxter acts like he wants Election days to be a federally
dictated National Holiday.
He & I live in states where the voting is done by mail.

But most people don't. I'd be fine if EVERY state went to Vote-by-Mail.
But if they don't, making the day a holiday is entirely appropriate.
Then, of course, even in Vote-by-Mail states, they have ballot drop-off
sites where you can drop off your ballot on the last day -- and a lot of
people do exactly that.

Post by a425couple
So what is the day off needed for?
Just cost the national economy another half a billion

Other countries make voting a holiday and manage quite well
- better than the US in fact.

Baxter, "Other countries ----manage quite well - better than
the US in fact."
You are seriously one stupid gullible self pitying whiner.
You think many countries have a better economy than the USA.
Much of France is rioting. People are seriously unhappy
and about to change governmental control in UK & Germany.

from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_income

Rank Country Gross household income
in Int$ (PPP)[1] Gross per-capita income

1 Luxembourg 52,493 18,418
2 Norway 51,489 19,308
3 Sweden 50,514 18,632
4 Australia 46,555 15,026
5 Denmark 44,360 18,262
6 United States 43,585 15,480
7 Canada 41,280 15,181
8 South Korea 40,861 11,350
9 Kuwait 40,854 7,487
10 Netherlands 38,584 14,450
11 New Zealand 35,562 12,147
12 Hong Kong 35,443 9,705
13 Austria 34,911 12,284
14 Finland 34,615 15,725
15 Japan 33,822 10,840
16 Germany 33,333 14,098
17 Taiwan 32,762 6,882
18 Singapore 32,360 7,345
19 United Kingdom 31,617 12,399
20 France 31,112 12,445

from
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/why-is-norway-so-rich/
"Big country, small population
Before we move on to the obvious black gold, there are other issues to
consider that are often overlooked. First and foremost, Norway has a
huge amount of landmass, coastline and waters, but a relatively small
population. (and a very homogeneous population!)
This combination means there the money earned by the land and the ocean
goes a lot, lot further than you might expect. The same is true for
Norway's Nordic siblings: Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and to a lesser
extent Denmark.

[Baxter]

.. First and foremost, Norway has a
huge amount of landmass, coastline and waters, but a relatively small
population. (and a very homogeneous population!)

That "homogeneous population" BS is the standard right-wing propaganda.

[Baxter]

Post by Baxter

.. First and foremost, Norway has a
huge amount of landmass, coastline and waters, but a relatively small
population. (and a very homogeneous population!)

That "homogeneous population" BS is the standard right-wing propaganda.

Norway and Sweden have a greater portion of foreign-born residents than the
US: 13.9% and 16% compared to 13.1%.