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Re:The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class by daveguy on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @09:15PM (#10708423)
There should be a national "voting day" holiday. Not having one is the equivalent of a poll tax for hourly wage workers.
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Re:The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @09:33PM (#10708486)
In my area, polls are open from 9 AM (or maybe earlier - I'm not a morning person) to 9 PM. No matter what your shift, you should be able to find a time to get there without having to take off work.
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Re:The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class by rosege on Thursday December 10, 2015 @06:34PM (#10714445)
or have it on a saturday like lots of countries do
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Re:The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class by AnimalMuppet on Friday December 11, 2015 @12:13PM (#10718275)
People work on Saturday, too. Less, it's true, but still enough that you can't disenfranchise them.
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Re:The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class by gweinberg on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @09:53PM (#10708556)
Having one is the equivalent of a poll tax for the self-employed!
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Re:The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class by Retra on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @11:03PM (#10708804)
The self employed don't have to negotiate with anyone (from a disadvantaged position) to take a small time away from work.
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