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To: Road Walker who wrote (345080)	7/31/2007 4:12:26 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578422

People at SI are brilliant compared with what you see at yahoo. A person can be slow witted and be a good person, but people generally make their own lives what they are. That’s not unfeeling. That’s being realistic. * * *

To: Road Walker who wrote (345080)	7/31/2007 6:50:07 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578422

A professor we know is moving and left a pile of books for some of his students to sort through before he donated the rest. In amongst the philosophy books was a copy of Jim Hightower's "If the Gods Had Meant Us To Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates". At least what I've read so far, he is very contemptuous of the money game that politicians play. Given that the book was written in 2000, things have only gotten worse. He points out some interesting figures, though. Assuming they are true, of course. He maintains that top politicians and presidential candidates don't even recognize your existence unless you have handed them a donation with at least 3 zeros on it. Four if you want them to consider your political concerns. Even more if you expect anything to be done. But, 96% of all people never donate any money at all. 4%(rounded) up to $200. 0.09% from $200 to $1000. This is the silent majority. 0.05% from $1000 to $10,000. They have their existence recognized. 0.002% from $10k to $100k. And a staggering 0.0001% give over $100k. Those are the ones who set policy. So, that means that less than 200k are the ones who really count in the eyes of the pols. In other words, the rest are the weak and nameless.