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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (281328)	11/19/2008 10:06:29 AM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793955

but don't consider it their duty to take the time to become informed about the issues or the current crop of politicians All those public service announcements that tell people to vote never tell them to get informed on the issues. Hmmmm, I wonder who those people vote for.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (281328)	11/20/2008 12:47:18 PM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793955

I blame the schools for not talking about how important it is to be informed of the issues, and after the person is out of school, then they take the blame themselves. It is possible for teachers to actually teach the HOW's of elections, and no need at all to teach what politics to choose. Problem is....how many teachers actual are unbiased in their teaching? From what we can see today, not many. Therein lies the problem. Part of the problem is that 40% of the total US population doesn't pay income tax. Therefore, why should they know much of anything that affects the taxpayers....they have NO ownership at all. Only "what's in it for me".....