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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (134026)3/28/2001 10:30:47 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
I guess the thing that gets me is the inequity of the power of that money.
Why should it not have some representation? This may not be a popular point of view, but what is happening is that business and industry- -important components of this country- -are being represented. They don't have votes themselves. They speak through that money. They get a chance to counterbalance that part of the populace that feels they should be allowed to vote themselves benefits and make someone or something else pay. You may call this anti-democratic; so be it. I call it necessary and good sense.
And, no, I am not a populist. But you knew that.
Someone once said that democracies last until the people discover they can vote themselves benefits. We're there.

So, why not promote a little fair competition by limiting the amount of clout these parties possess?
Have you really thought out the consequences of this? What happens when their clout is reduced to the point that no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes? It goes to the House, where EACH STATE gets ONE VOTE. That's really a Democratic way of doing things: If you're in Alaska, the votes of your Representatives are worth (I'm guessing here) ten times mine in CA.
What is needed in that situation is a parliamentary system. And that means a complete overhaul of the Constitution.

They are held out of the debates, thus ensuring that they will not get the votes necessary to get federal funding in the next campaign.
This part of the problem can be fixed without finance reform.

I still cannot believe that companies give the amount of money they do without expecting a little 'payback'.
Of course they expect payback. See above.
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