Wait. I thought you were for less government? On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Jerry Bwrote: > > > > > Representative no longer think of themselves as representatives. They > > think > > themselves rulers. > > > > Our country desperately needs some type of voter/election reform. Term > > limits to prevent a ruling class, some type of voter id card or system to > > prevent voter fraud, etc. I would also love to see straight ticket > voting > > removed and have party affiliation removed from the ballot as well. > > > > My earlier proposal - we go back to 1:30,000 ratio for Representatives, > instead of the current 1:780,000 ratio. Give the community some voice. Why > is it that Americans think their elected representatives are not listening? > Because they aren't. How can they listen to 780,000 voices? > > Here's an interesting question: how many people work in Congress? We know > about all the members, but how many people actually work on Congressional > payrolls? Thousands. They just aren't elected. > > Changing this rule would open up elections to third party candidates and > would give people the chance to voice their complaints to someone. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
