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- jeff r - 11-19-2012 02:34 AM
I think we need more regulation and a more democratic voting system such as instant run-off voting and direct election of the President by majority vote. I am not in favor of proportional representation but am in favor of treating third parties the same way we treat Democrats and republicans. The FEC needs to be reprimanded for making it hard for third parties to get on the ballot and for making it harder for them to raise money. There are 30 million Independents (third party or no party affiliation voters) yet they are virtually non-existent at the federal level and states make it even harder to get on the ballot and raise money. It is very rare to see third parties in state or local positions and they usually win because they are unopposed or the town needed reform so bad they voted for a third party member. It would be a bright day in the country if say a Green party or Marijuana Party candidate were elected to a state or federal office. I also think we need to stop letting politicians and PAC's receive money from corporations and other organizations that are not individual citizens. Only American citizens should be able to vote and contribute money to our political system. In fact I hate it that Insurance companies and banks are allowed to contribute money to politicians and PAC's. It seems awkward and wrong. Doesn't it.
- Xan - 11-19-2012 02:34 AM
The one thing that tickes me off about my fellow american is their oversimplistic attitudestoward politics.
Its "Either,or" all the time
Either Republicans Or democrats
Either Capitalism or Socialism
Well, IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE THAT WAY
We are famous for being forward thinkers and revolutionaries.
Our current democratic republic was one of the first in the modern world.
We can decide on using industry and capitalism to address a lot of social injustices.
We can regulate and tax corporations to gap the deficit.
No single individual NEEDS 1 billion dollars a year to sustain his/her lfiestyle.
We seem to be great defenders of SPECULATION, instead of defenders of fairness.
People in Wall street are not PRODUCING anything. They are dealing on speculation.
And making fortunes.
LEts return to a system that values production. The farmer, the laborer, the assembly line worker... and if you are a captain of industry and want to make billions sitting and doing nothing, know that we are going to use your excess (not all, just your excess) to improve:
Schools and universities
Medical facilites and research
Reneawable energies.
Housing
Literacy
Famine.
Like Lincoln did, and like Kennedy wanted to do, we have to make private banking work for us, not us for them.
We have to separate corporations, from the media, so newspapers and news outlets will stop being biased by their corporate sponsors.
Basically i believe in having minimum living conditions.
You say i'm lazy and don't want to work? Fine. I'll get a 1 bedroom with a kitchen and a bathroom, food and oportunity to go to school.
Do i want a car?
i'll have to better myself and work for it
Do i want a yatch and 3 mercedes?
I'll have to work extra hard for it.
The sad part is that in our current conditions, people are fighting for minimum wage jobs like they were CEO positions.
And all our politicians, congress and senate, are letting corporations, insurance industry, pharmaceutical industry, etc pay for their votes.
Actually we should get congress to earn and have the same benefits as "an average american" meaning, make them earn 45k a year, and pay for their health insurance, and the rest of the deal.
Man, i gotta put together a platform and run for president, or for benevolent dictator or some stuff, just to fix this mess, and then move on to fix the next problem.
Thanks for your question