How are those nice politicians in Seattle generating campaign funds these days?
Ed Morrissey, writing for hotair.com, advises us of a truly innovative way politicians in Seattle have come up with to separate the suckers, er, voters, from their money:
“There’s a sucker born every minute,” P.T. Barnum once observed, but the rate may be considerably higher in Seattle. Yesterday the city began distributing “democracy vouchers” to voters in the city, $100 each in coupons of $25 to donate to qualified candidates running for city offices.
Where does this money originate? Seattle hiked its property taxes a year ago to fund these “democracy voucher.
Each registered voter will get $100 assigned to their name, and if they do not use it, they lose it. You can only give your donation to participating candidates who take all the proper steps to run for office.
Let’s recap this process, shall we? Seattle politicians raised property taxes and converted part of the funds into city scrip that can only be spent on … Seattle politicians. And if voters don’t spend it on Seattle politicians, then the money ends up in the hands of … Seattle politicians. Even critics have to be impressed with a scam designed that efficiently.
Wow. Truly inspiring…if you happen to be a down on your luck grifter, that is.
If telefraudgelist peter popoff thought this one up first, he’d never have started hawking “miracle spring water”. It wouldn’t have been lucrative enough.
This is proof positive that some people will fall for anything. Even the intellectually and socially elevated folk in bluer-than-blue Seattle.
Whodathunkit?
