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To: average joe who wrote (7048)	6/7/2000 1:06:00 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 9127

The idea that the best we can hope for is to have two equally opposing parties that function simply to cancel each others proposals and initiatives to me is nihilistic. Well, "nihilistic" might be a a bit overstated, but I would agree that it's sad--sad that our major parties are so controlled by their extremes because the rest of the populace, for whatever reason, doesn't get involved. However, our founding fathers, in their considerable wisdom, devised balance of power for just these situations. They devised it so we could use it when necessary, and I, for one, don't feel bad about using it. Karen

To: average joe who wrote (7048)	6/7/2000 1:53:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

The idea that the best we can hope for is to have two equally opposing parties that function simply to cancel each others proposals and initiatives to me is nihilistic. What ? I think you suffer of excessive labelitis aguda It is a FACT that the less government acts, the better off the general economy performs. Under such conditions, private enterprise has more freedom to act. The eternal government inaction when two opposing parties control the presidency and congress allows business to act under a better environment to plan for long term performance without the idiocies of continuous regulation in order to "appease" a particular (or another) political faction. Take the IRS for example, for some reason, they keep on making the code ever more complicated, so planning for changing tax rules, makes it quite difficult to have any sort of long term planning. The desire to neutralize politicians, (at least in my eyes), is opposed to the definition of Nihilism. Such inaction is a net positive for the economy, private industry, (the real engine of growth and positive change) AND as a result, for the betterment of the average six pack Joe. In other words... it creates value for most people. It builds for the future.