Whenever I’m in a voting booth, trying to choose, I think,
this is another reason to keep government's powers limited.
On election day I have a few choices -
a democrat, a republican,
today maybe a Tea Party candidate,
or some other third or fourth party but
that’s about it.
What if you bought groceries that way?
You’s get to choose between two, maybe three shopping carts.
Each is filled with groceries chosen by someone else.
I look at cart A - OK, I like the pineapple,
I wanted that but I really wanted a roll of paper towels,
and this cart doesn’t have that.
Cart B has the paper towels but it doesn’t have the pineapple
and it has this pink shaving cream for me to shave my legs.
I don’t want that.
Cart C has a pregnancy test kit
and all kind of expensive things I don’t want
and things I don’t want to pay for.
Three limited choices.
This is like voting.
In the voting booth, we can only choose from pre-filled carts -
the candidates on the ballot.
Even worse, no matter which cart I choose,
I have to buy and eat
whatever is in the cart that most of you chose.
I really don’t want cart C
but if the majority of you choose cart C,
this is the candidate that we all get.
It’s another reason to keep government
in the political part of life small.
In private life we have more options.