On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Didn't that happen last week?" > > "PAYGO was passed last month and Sen. Bunning payed hell for trying to hold > them to it."
Actually, Bunning didn't pay hell. He had to miss a basketball game, I admit, and he complained about that. And his reasoning behind the fillibuster threat? "Unemployment benefits make people less likely to go find a job". Ah yes, those pitiful lazy people who could easily find a job in a recession if they just got off the couch. > You answered your own question. Obviously it was just ear candy with no > substance. Something the people want to hear, but no real accountability. > > As far as partisan politics go, the a good step would be to abolish straight > ticket voting AND listing no political parties on the ballot. If you don't > know anything about the candidates, don't vote. Do some research and put > the best candidates in office, not party hacks. Next, implement term > limits. Where is straight ticket voting allowed? You have to vote for individual races in Oregon at least. I'd be curious. I'm against term limits though. It is a crude and ineffective means towards an end. If all we have in office is inexperienced politicians, I'm afraid that lobbyists and unelected officials will have even greater influence. Instead, lets deal with the real fundamental problems. We've got too much money involved in the system and that leaves representatives unresponsive to the voters. Get the money out of the system, fundamentally reform campaign finance and lobbying, and I think you'll see that we don't need term limits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:313297 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
