Pollsters
If this needs to be moved to politics, no problem.
Today, I was sitting in a coffee shop when this young girl came by and asked me to sign her petition. It happened to be for a reduction in the cost of community college here.
I asked her how much of a reduction. She didn't know. I asked her if it would make taxes go up. She didn't know. I asked to see it. The cost was to be $170 million this year, around $230 million next year, and $470 million the next. So I nicely mentioned that this was a half-billion dollar petition, the state doesn't have that money to spare, and that I didn't want to sign it, because I am not in favor of a tax increase.
She wandered off, kind of in a fog, and continued presenting it to other people in the coffee shop. I saw a few people sign it, but nobody else read it, or asked any questions. The girl mentioned that she got 75 cents a signature. That appeared to be the extent of her interest in the petition.
My question is, do you sign petitions that are presented to you in similar circumstances? Do you research them?
Maybe this is an obvious question, but she didn't seem to be having any trouble acquiring her $.75 per.
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