OFFS! Yes, I'm proposing that we vote nationally to be allowed to publicly stone cats and small children.
Really?
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I blame the insurance industry, not the ACA.
That's fine. It will undoubtedly need tweaking or perhaps even a complete overhaul. But at least the ball is rolling.
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I don't think that you want to stone cats or children. But maybe if you explain which items you think would benefit more from "majority rule" than the system in place now, we might understand you better?
While its increased the number of insured, it's anything but affordable as its name makes it out to be. I don't think it has any real staying power because it's going to become so expensive so quickly that the government will need to step in and make significant modifications and cutbacks to it. A good portion of your tax (and really deficit) dollars are going to go to the insurance companies and their massive infrastructure and not actual patient care.
The presidential election. The electoral college stinks! Why should someone's vote from Florida count a hell of a lot more than my vote in Hawaii?
My parents are flaming liberals who retired to SC. Their presidential election vote in SC is meaningless. I usually flip flop between parties, but if I want to vote for the Republican candidate in Hawaii I might as well not even bother going to the polls.
Despite the electoral college giving all of us fits at one time or another, I do see the sense in its purpose. But I also think it can be legitimately questioned whether the numbers are tweaked often enough or correctly.
Great. Now I know to expect when we move to SC that my vote will be meaningless.
The electoral college isn't "entirely outdated." This video, while simplistic in the beginning, takes less than 5 minutes to watch, and it does explain the rationale that keeps the electoral college as a part of our process. http://prageruniversity.com/Politic...stand-the-Electoral-College.html#.VZInaJepQgs
At any given time in our history, this country has had the potential to be, or was, dominated by one faction; however, so far, the systems that are in place have always managed to change what faction dominates or what states are swing states or what issues turn out to be relevant. The only time most people get upset about the checks and balances being there are when the party/faction/idealogy currently dominating isn't one they agree with; the rest of the time, most of us are are quite content with one faction/party/idea logy dominating because, after all, "it's the right one."
I'd rather keep the process and put up with my belief--obviously, the correct one--not currently being in vogue than junk the systems that, at least so far, have kept this country vacillating between viewpoints, but in general, moving forward.
[Big Snip] I'd much rather have it where every citizens vote counts the same as everybody else's.
Much of this thread has been about the marriage decision, that I suspect affects darn few TUGgers. For those affected, Hurray!
One of the most important decisions was announced on the last Monday of the session will effect every voter. The one that takes control of drawing voting districts away from lawmakers who are subject to it's effect, and puts that control in the hands of independent commissions, and makes their drawing of districts final. So long, Eldridge Gerry, been nice knowing you! So much for convoluted boundaries engineered to assure passage of key elections.
Read more here from Nat'l Constitution Center: http://news.yahoo.com/constitution-...inning-legal-trouble-101811888--politics.html
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Much of this thread has been about the marriage decision, that I suspect affects darn few TUGgers.
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The true message of the dissenting justices, sadly, gets lost in all the emotion surrounding the marriage issue.
The true message of the dissenting justices, sadly, gets lost in all the emotion surrounding the marriage issue.
Putting the specific issue aside and reading the dissenting opinions for what the justices have to say regarding Constitutional rights should inform every American who believes in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
It is how the Supreme Court reached its decision that offends. Constitutional Amendments are intentionally exceedingly difficult to enact and for very good reasons.