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posted by janrinok on Thursday November 17 2016, @07:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-is-your-vote-worth? dept.

Senator Boxer Introduces Bill to Eliminate Electoral College

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Senator-Boxer-to-Introduce-Bill-to-Eliminate-Electoral-College--401314945.html

"This is the only office in the land where you can get more votes and still lose the presidency," Boxer said in a statement. "The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately. Every American should be guaranteed that their vote counts."

[...] "When all the ballots are counted, Hillary Clinton will have won the popular vote by a margin that could exceed two million votes, and she is on track to have received more votes than any other presidential candidate in history except Barack Obama," Boxer said.

Trump will be the fifth president in U.S. history to win the election despite losing the popular vote. George W. Bush won the most recent such election, in 2000.

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3wLQz-LgrM


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by TheGratefulNet on Friday November 18 2016, @02:24AM

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Friday November 18 2016, @02:24AM (#428572)

    congress represents business interests.

    they stopped caring about us LONG time ago.

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  • (Score: 2) by fliptop on Friday November 18 2016, @04:29PM

    by fliptop (1666) on Friday November 18 2016, @04:29PM (#428910) Journal

    congress represents business interests

    Well, businesses do pay taxes too.

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    • (Score: 1) by Fauxlosopher on Friday November 18 2016, @08:08PM

      by Fauxlosopher (4804) on Friday November 18 2016, @08:08PM (#429079) Journal

      Well, businesses do pay taxes too.

      US federal budget [cbpp.org] income sources [taxpolicycenter.org]:
      Excise, tariff, etc.: ~9%
      Corporate/business: ~11%
      Individuals: ~80%

      B-b-b-uhwait!, you say? Individuals only fund ~47% because businesses pay the matching/payroll tax? WRONG. Businesses pay workers what they figure to be a profitable wage for the business based on the usefulness of the worker. The wage is simple algebra: take-home wages (x), total wages (a), "business" payroll taxes (b), and employee payroll taxes (c): x = a - (b + c). "Matching payroll taxes" the "business pays" are indistinguishable from other wage costs - the total cost is what is being considered when offering an employee's wage. Therefore, businesses do not pay "payroll taxes" - the workers do!