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Originally Posted by Rachel Bronwyn
Once the election is over though, "the people" have little or no control over the behaviour of the government. The government often is a horrible misrepresentation of the people.
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Wow. I found something else that I completely agree with you on. Completely valid point and well made. And it's a very, very serious problem, too.
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Originally Posted by Lord T Hawkeye
They say they want change but the truth is, everyone turns into frightened little children at the sight of REAL change. Seriously, you could start punching someone in the balls and continue doing it repeatedly for a few weeks. The day you stop, he'll go "What are you doing? Why aren't you punching me in the balls anymore? You can't change the system!"
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Originally Posted by liveordie83
We desperately need to transform our government into more than just a two party system. People need to represent their constituents and not national organizations. The way this went down party lines again was completely embarrassing, Republicans have to live in districts that favor this but none of them voted for it.
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If people really, seriously want change, they ought to elect Libertarians and independents. That'd get some serious change. Kick out all those old codgers who never get anything done and replace 'em all with fresh faces who have new and different ideas.