Part of the problem with the information is that people in general don't know where to find it or don't care to find it. It takes time which many people these days believe they don't have. I think these are the things we should make time for. In general people know what there beliefs are, they just need to find a candidate who feels the same way.
When it comes to the Party system I think you are exactly right. The fact that people get together in parties, and the federal government recognizes these parties keeps some of the brightest people from taking office. The whole two party system has caused major problems. The whole party system has caused major problems. In the first 100 years, parties were created and recreated, renamed moved around, and for the sole purpose of making the other side loose power, and with no power there is no money, and it has gotten to the level today that if there is no money, there is no point. I would love to see the day that people run for congress because they thing they can better their country not just their pockets. I don't blame it on any one party, I blame it on the party system. I wish I had a good answer to change this. But the people who are in office now are there because of the two party system. They have the most to loose if it changes. At 04:29 PM 12/9/2001 -0800, you wrote: >One reason politicians get away with so much is that most people don't care >what they do. I'm skeptical that a clearing house Web site would do much >good. Most political Web sites don't get that much traffic as it is. >There's plenty of information on the Web for people, if they just use it, >but mostly they don't. And for years before the Web, there were all kinds of >scholarly publications and think tanks that provided tons of information -- >and mostly it went ignored. > >Term limits haven't worked in states that have them. Lobbyist lobby away. > >Besides, the term "special interest" group is a political semantic game. >It's meaningless. We all have the right to form ourselves into alliances >and petition the government for grievances, or to do it singularly. We can >also find any number of competing special interest groups to represent one >side or another of our pet cause. So-called special interest groups are a >key component of representative government. > >What is not a necessity in a republic, and George Washington made this quite >clear in his Farwell Address, are political parties. The greatest reason >politicians do not do the people's business as often as they should is not >campaign finances, or lobbyist or even their own egos -- it is party >loyalty, a partisanship that puts political alliances ahead of the national >or regional good. Political parties are the last refuge of scoundrels. > >Because of the 1st Amendment, you cannot outlaw political parties, but there >is no reason that political parties should receive the blessing of the >government to operate. Political parties receive that blessing every time >you register to vote or vote -- why should your political affiliations be an >issue at the polling place? To me, the very question on a registration card >is a violation of privacy. If you do away with that question, and do away >with the affiliation mention on ballots, you take a big step toward >destroying the party system as we know it today. Political parties can still >exist, and people can still join them if they like, but political parties >should be far removed from sanction at the ballot box. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
