Do you think that it's time for a general strike by all the people of the United States?

If McCain wins by an electoral vote only I feel that some form of national protest is incumbent upon us.

I see what you're saying Raji, but to ever imagine you could get enough people to agree to this "strike" to make it matter is a ludicrous thought. the best bet is to vote for the candidate that you feel will actually do something good for us. I feel strongly that this is the case for this election. So good luck. Go picket outside of polling places. I think you'll find yourself very much alone.

i'm in...

I wish that our society had enough radicals left to jump on this idea and make a statement. It's interesting to me anyone interpreted your idea as a request for handouts or rewarding "doing nothing" with something, when you are simply pointing out the increasingly ridiculous divide between working class and "rich." The erosion of the middle class is not a myth - it's an economic reality. We are becoming a nation of either very rich, or poor. Period. I fail to understand how anyone can justify the management of corporate costs by cutting basic benefits and healthcare of employees , and condone paying corporate executives multi-million dollar salaries, giving them perks that include company cars, phones, housing allowances, and stocks, AND allowing them to walk away with millions of dollars in severance EVEN when the company LOSES money... Come on now...can you REALLY say that it is fair to take 2 million dollars that would pay part of the health benefit costs of thousands of employees who are probably making between 18 and 30K annually to give to the fat cat who already has all living expenses paid by the company and gets a nice big multi-million dollar annual salary to play with? What? He might have to forego buying an xtra vacation home? Those employees are going to have to watch their kids suffer because they can't come up with a 3000.00 deductible that has to be paid before insurance will cover anything... But...short of a revolution (and my fear is that if current trend continues, that will be the eventual very messy, very sad, and possibly very violent result) ...I fear we will only see more of the same... Your idea is at least an attempt at a non-violent wake-up call.

If the elections look like they have, once again, been readjusted to benefit a certain party, I am so there. And not for just a 12 hour period, either. Not again, no freakin way. There is a point where a person must stand up a defend democracy, at any cost.

It's a great idea..... in theory. However, if everyone in the country refused to vote there's a pretty strong chance that they would take it as consent to choose our next president for us. Or worse yet, leave the one that's already there.

It's time to arrest 1/2 on Congress,

No. The solution is simple: No more socialism. Enough rewarding people for NOT being successful, not creating jobs, not creating goods, not creating services, not working. Enough robbing people who are successful, do create jobs, do create goods, do create services. Enough socialism. It's raised the cost of healthcare through the roof, and now it's being applied to the present crisis. Enough. We don't OWE you. We don't owe them. No bail outs. No money. Go earn it. And most people don't understand economics. They're like a bunch of kibbitzing people around the game board yelling and screaming at the "dumb players" who don't know how to move their pieces, crown a king, jump properly, let alone double jump. And the players (Wall Street, government, people with an actual education) just keep playing and roll their eyes... ...while playing CHESS. Fairness is a child's concept of "Justice". Fairness, everyone gets it, even if they don't deserve it. Justice, those that deserve it get it. Thank you, I prefer justice. I'm an adult. The real wealth in this nation is created by innovators, creators, people who WORK at it, create it themselves, not the average person who just wants a paycheck. Who are you kidding? Don't bother answering if we don't agree? I LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES! WE have FREE SPEECH. You don't get to decide who answers. Pass it around? How many times in my decades have I seen such nonsense. No. We will not help your personal crusade to mess with our system, ruin an election, and send a pointless message. The U.S. already belongs to us. We're not giving it to the socialists or any other group that has no idea what the American Dream is about. No. Enough.

What we need, is not a general strike on the vote, but a very real strike against the two-party system. People have been brainwashed into thinking that they throw away their vote if they don't vote for the democrats or republicans only. If enough people vote for other candidates, then we can, very effectively, remove the power base of both of the major parties and put them both on notice that "politics as usual" is no longer tolerated by the American People; The same people that employ them. Do not vote your party. Vote your conscience.