Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (15105)	11/8/2004 6:14:27 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

That's the underlying problem with American government. Nations like Switzerland which operate as a democracy do not have these sort of problems where lobbyists can get legislation passed which is detrimental to the nation. Unfortunately, America was created as a Republic where the governing officials are protected from the public which elected them. It is fairly easy to corrupt a thousand representatives into violating the public trust. It's far more difficult to convince 300 million people to vote for laws against their best interests. You'd never be able to get the Swiss to vote in "tax cuts" paid for with national debt. I doubt you'd be able to get even Americans to vote for that in a referendum. But it was fairly easy to corrupt their 1,000 leaders into signing on for that self-delusion. .