No -- to explain my behavior you have to take costs into consideration sailboats are expensive I have other priorities, family, food and shelter retirement, saving, college, braces, Benefits may not ouweigh the cost-- maintanence, storate.. timeThe same can be said for other actions -- including political action -- like voting The costs associated with political participation include the expenditures of anything of value: • Time • Effort • Money • This include opportunity cost Four propositions about the Costs of Participation 1. ... Paradox of Collective Ac...

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