That was a rather major referendum just held in Scotland. Should Scotland be independent of Britain? (In case you haven’t been keeping up, the vote was about 55% to 45% to remain part of the UK).
According to a letter from Chistine Ward from Allanton, Scotland, the total spent was something on the order of $15 million. although the final figures are not yet tabulated. Evidently the largest single contributor was J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame. (She opposed independence.) Everyone who made contributions had to disclose his or her name.
In the U.S. in this year the Koch Brothers alone will spend almost half a billion dollars to influence Congressional races. Let me repeat that—half a billion.
Kind of wants to make you live in either Scotland or England, doesn’t it?
The voter turnout in Scoland hit 84.5%. Now if we could do that here in the states, just think what we could accomplish. However I sometimes think many potential voters are happy with the rich running the country. Shame on them. Remember, money corrupts and the Koch brothers are very happy to continue the corrution.
ReplyDeleteJust about every time I canvass I encounter people who are dirt poor who say, almost proudly, "I don't vote." I'm thinking I should say, "You are really stupid." Maybe it will make them so mad they will start to vote.
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