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Democracy, Me Venting

Apr. 28, 2016 6:12 PM ET53 Comments
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So in shareholder votes, one needs to own the shares to vote. But in political elections, one gets to vote without contributing anything. Actually, it is worse than that. One can vote if one is a net transfer beneficiary, which is akin to getting to vote on a stock that one is short.

That is all.

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