Here's another reason I don't vote: It's damned undignified. If Jubal Harshaw were here I think he'd say: "I know who my social equals are and they're not voters."

Radley Balko is watching the presidential candidates like a hawk. Diligently straining to tease meaning out of Kerry's latest deposit on the political landscape Balko writes:

There are some deficiencies, here. He hasn't offered specifics yet. But at least Kerry's motioning in the right direction. I like to hear things like "sacrificing social spending." Especially in a campaign. Especially from a Democrat. Yes, the tax hike plan is troubling. But I'm not so sure there's much of a difference between a modest tax hike and massive deficit spending.

Please. Radley. Would you really be any worse off if you walked into the voting booth and flipped a coin? A Magic Eightball would serve you better than this exercise in scatoscopy.

The voters seem divided between the equally sad and preposterous propositions that A). Bush is the last bulwark between us and Communism, and B.) Kerry is the last bulwark between us and Fascism.

I give Tyler Cowen some credit - he traded his vote for something that amused him. In return for his vote he enticed economist Brad DeLong to publicly admit that increased immigration is superior to strengthening the welfare state.

I'm sure some of you are wondering: What good is the admission of an economist who has to be bribed to admit what he knows is true? Well that's the amusing payoff and the demonstration of how little it takes to bribe him makes it even more amusing.

I wonder if DeLong would play Subservient Chicken for an hour in return for a vote? Ten minutes?

What's your vote worth?

An astute observer from the peanut gallery asks: "But isn't Tyler Cowen playing Subservient Chicken when he walks into the voting booth?"

Well, sure.

But at least he isn't taking his vote seriously. Jubal Harshaw just might let him off the hook for that.