Dear Readers,
Joshua Huffman, a libertarian who resides in Harrisonburg VA, wrote an opinion
article last month about how restrictive political choice is in the United
States. Take a few minutes and see what you think!
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The Joy of Competition
By Joshua Huffman
"... Most people view competition as a good thing. In the world of the free
market, businesses competing for land, labour, capital, and profit helps
ensures many things: services are offered fairly, employees are given just
compensation, and customers get a high quality product for a reasonable price.
However, when it comes to the issue of political competition, I regret to say
that our nation is in a woeful state.
Later this week [article written in May 2015. -- ed.], voters will head to the
polls in Great Britain to select members of the House of Commons. Presently,
twelve parties have seats in that chamber. Moving across the channel, we find
varying numbers of parties in other legislatures. For example, Frances
National Assembly has seven political parties and Germanys Bundestag boasts
five. Shifting over to Asia, we find that India, often billed as the worlds
largest democracy, holds an astounding twenty-five parties in its Lok Sabha,
and Japans National Diet has ten different political parties. Looking at the
neighbors of the United States, Canada has six parties in their Parliament and
Mexicos Chamber of Deputies holds seven. Quite a lot of choices, wouldnt you
say?..."
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