I'm a little hesitant on PACS only for this reason, third parties, at least in Virginia who have below a certain membership can only exist as PAC's. Most state legislatures, knowing that third parties could potentially draw voters away from the monopoly that "Democans" and the "Republocrats" (after all they are two sides of the same political coin) have on American politics, create some kind of "laws" to stifle independents and third parties.
Lobbyists, are the reason that public stockades should be reestablished. On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "The best thing that could happen to this country would be to abolish > political parties and PACs completely, and outlaw lobbyists entirely." > > I'll agree on PACS and lobbyists. > > Political parties are different. It would be unconstitutional to not allow > certain groups of people to meet and band together based on a common > political platform. Not listing the party on the ballot and taking away the > straight ticket would decrease a lot of the power of parties and would be > constitutional. > > > J > > - > > Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms those entrusted with > power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny - > Thomas Jefferson on government > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
