Re: In honor of Sen. Biden

On Aug 23, 9:54 pm, BW <barrybass...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 23, 9:10 pm, "Lane Baldwin" <l...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





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Jim Carr <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The Libertarian party is doing pretty good this year (for them, that
is). What sucks is that unless they can get 15% of people polled
saying they would vote Libertarian, they can't get into the debates..
Personally, I like having a third party in there just to shake things
up.

The trouble with most of the third parties in recent years is that they
seem to focus in on a few issues and don't seem to have have coherent
policies across the board, and in cases where they seem to (Libertarians
would be a good example) I find certain aspects of their platforms
attractive while other aspects are anathema to me.

Yep, that's how I find the platforms of the two major parties.

I think what we really need is to have a real third party built from the
ground up and start making inroads a few seats at a time in state houses
across the country and ultimately in Congress.  To me, launching
Quixotic bids for the White House without having this firm base is a
waste of time.  But I agree that in principle a good third party would
do us a lot of good.  I like aspects of the British system (Liberal,
Labor, Conservative) in this respect.

A few years back (I'm not sure about now) the Italians had 35 parties that
elected representatives to Parliament.  I asked an Italian friend how the
government ever got anything done.  He said, "They don't, and that's how
we want it!"  Remember this is the same Parliament that in recent years
had Mussolini's grand daughter and a stripper as members.  These folks
understand the role of government much better than we do.

Gerry

I think the two most important things insofar as improving our government
would be to 1) take the money out of the game, and 2) spread
servant-leadership at all levels of our society. There's a lot of
information out there about S-L and I'll leave it to better writers than I
to champion the cause. The money, however, won't go away until forced by the
everyday majority that gets screwed by it. Give every candidate, from local
dog catcher to presidential hopefuls the same amount of cash to spend, and
allow nothing else. Run a complete audit of the campaign to ensure
compliance. Outlaw paid lobbyists. That won't solve it completely... there's
more to do... but it would be a darn good start.
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And 3) eliminate the electoral college. It's outdated, unnecessary,
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Europe has direct democracy. Why can't we?
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