Questions for our American friends

[bowlinggreen]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Yep,

I have a question , half serious and half a joke.

I was looking for a picture to post on another thread using google and came across this, didn't use it in the other thread, just one that caught my eye



is there a significance behind the types of burgers used for each party

And, Umm, I just think it's funny burgers were used

Democrat burger with more beef and bacon? I kinda think the liberals running that party would feed us soy burgers instead, you know, to keep health care costs down in the long run.

Something tells me there may be horsemeat in the republican burger. It just doesn't look right.

Soy or horsemeat - I think I'll have an order of chicken nuggets instead.

[diamelsx]

Originally Posted by bowlinggreen

Democrat burger with more beef and bacon? I kinda think the liberals running that party would feed us soy burgers instead, you know, to keep health care costs down in the long run.

Something tells me there may be horsemeat in the republican burger. It just doesn't look right.

Soy or horsemeat - I think I'll have an order of chicken nuggets instead.

actually with the cancer risk of soy they may try to find another alternative.

[Puhbear69]

Is it a new measurement of the parties to allure the American voters to the bailout boxes
- BURGERS ! ???

By the vote one can easily make tally charts which burgers the voters ordered - no more dysfunctional voting machines are needed.

[Dr Pepper]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

How about we make it up to you and throw Justin Bieber and Kanye West into the harbor later this month?

People would pay to watch....and pay even more to throw them a stone lifebelt!

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by bowlinggreen

Democrat burger with more beef and bacon? I kinda think the liberals running that party would feed us soy burgers instead

That's exactly what I thought.
Unless it's more a woking class thing, like meat and potato basic meal, and the Republican one has more stuff in it ( Greed )

Originally Posted by Puhbear69

Is it a new measurement of the parties to allure the American voters to the bailout boxes
- BURGERS ! ???

[Puhbear69]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Of course I was joking in my last post but there is also a serious statement in that joking remark:

The US parties were collecting at the presidential elections:
$1.100.000.000 ($1.1 billion) from funders in the US.
Alone 10 (!!!) funders were spending about 20 % of that sum (mostly for Clinton).

If one is splitting that sum on about ~240 million eligible voters, not the actual voters (that's about ~the half) , you are getting the sum of $4.58 for each burger; ... is that right ??

And that's the point, folks, the laughter is sticking in my throat.

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by Puhbear69

Of course I was joking in my last post but there is also a serious statement in that joking remark:

Here, in Oz Election booths are typically held at school gym's, the exit side of the gym typically has a sausage sizzle (basic sausage bbq) a local approved charity will hold there to raise funds. I do, and a lot will buy a sausage or four on the way out and they are cheap, of course it's mandatory to attend a poll, have your name crossed off that you attended, then what you do with your ballot paper is up to you But, making something of it rather than just voting does have merit, I know of people who have talked about the sausages more than the election Me Pity Yanks don't turn out in bigger numbers but that's their own problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0jExa7ZonU

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

But, making something of it rather than just voting does have merit, I know of people who have talked about the sausages more than the election Me Pity Yanks don't turn out in bigger numbers but that's their own problem

The percentage of American voting dropped like a stone after the old practice of candidates and their political parties providing beer and barbecue at the polls was banned. This is a good suggestion. We could get out the vote by haviing charities sell hot dogs at the polls. For many working people voting means choosing between eating dinner and voting.

[Puhbear69]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Here, in Oz Election booths are typically held at school gym's, the exit side of the gym typically has a sausage sizzle (basic sausage bbq) a local approved charity will hold there to raise funds. I do, and a lot will buy a sausage or four on the way out and they are cheap, of course it's mandatory to attend a poll, have your name crossed off that you attended, then what you do with your ballot paper is up to you [...]

I fear you got me wrong! (My English ?)

Nothing against any charity organisations (at the best locals) collecting with burgers and sausages money for their charity goals. As because of me also during a vote (here it would be forbidden, also as any surveys are during a poll).

I'm having compared to the countervalue between the funding of the parties, funding for the presidency, the enormous sum, in the "currency of BURGERS" every "eligible voter" could get for that money.

Not considered the money, the parties are getting from the tax-pot as a plus.

[diamelsx]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

The percentage of American voting dropped like a stone after the old practice of candidates and their political parties providing beer and barbecue at the polls was banned. This is a good suggestion. We could get out the vote by haviing charities sell hot dogs at the polls. For many working people voting means choosing between eating dinner and voting.

or 1of the parties could run candidates their voters actually want and believe in.