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| Citizen ![]() Join Date: Sep 2005
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| End the DEM-REP Monoply on the U.S. Gov. I bet you voted for a candidate because the other one repulses you more!(Lesser of 2 evils) and YOU KNOW you CAN'T vote for any one else! But forget about that for a second and ask your self these Questions!: Al Gore had more votes and lost the last election!!?? In 1992 Ross Perot got 19% of the U.S. voters vote but got 0% of the votes that count! (Electoral College votes) This was all done legally ??? (Seems Fascist to me) Ok, so the Dems&Reps made it so you can only vote for those 2 parties? And still people don’t want to change the system? I DON’T GET IT! This does not scare you? Is the caller there? Or maybe your just waiting till they make it so you can only vote for 1 party!! Like China or Cuba!!! Easy solution: 1) Eliminate the Electoral College. (Make your vote count) 2) Have Immediate Runoff Elections. (Make it accurate.) 3) Vote any non-Dem/Rep party. (Let them know we will make change!) This way every vote counts, not just what party you registered under! Peace | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Block Captain ![]() Join Date: Jul 2005
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| Re: End the DEM-REP Monoply on the U.S. Gov. Quote:
I think you'll find a lot of support among the members here for your cause. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Re: End the DEM-REP Monoply on the U.S. Gov. Quote:
Your question, "This was all done legally?"...well yes. The electoral college. You were off to a bad start in the beginning; but the (3) easy solution mentioned in your post does have some sense. | ||
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| Citizen ![]() Join Date: Sep 2005
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| Sorry. I've been use to Posting on Yahoo. Everyone there just Rants and Raves. And the only way to get their attention is to offend them. Peace! | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website Owner ![]() Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Taxachusetts
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| haha I understand. | |
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| Super Moderator ![]() Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seattle (grew up around D.C.)
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| Re: End the DEM-REP Monoply on the U.S. Gov. A good way to vastly improve the chances of getting a 3rd party in the mix is a voting system called Instant Runoff Voting. Please check out the link at the bottom of my post. --- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope --- "There is no such thing as laziness. Laziness is only lack of incentive." Norman Reider, MD Morality is not contingent on religion to exist. Therefore religion only detracts from the purity of morality. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citizen ![]() Join Date: Sep 2005
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| I vote candidates are subject to immediately recall, and I don't mean through impeachment. Candidates also have to prove themselves in communities, or in their work place, depending on what they're running for, and don't get paid nearly as much as they do now, but enough to live. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Actually, a problem with low pay for politicians is that then only rich people will be politicians, because then only they will be able to afford it. In ancient Rome, politicians weren't paid at all, for example. A recall system would be chaotic as heck. The administration would change so often, that no one would ever be able to get anything done, for better or for worse. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citizen ![]() Join Date: Sep 2005
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"ONLY A DEM OR REP" will be able to be in the White House! That's the whole point of this post! Is this the way US Politics should be?(Lesser of two evils) Do you only want to have 2 choices of governing bodies? Do you think only the Dems&Reps have good political vision? If you wanted to, do you think you could vote them out? Have they been doing a good job? Do you trust them sending your money? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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