Oscar wrote/forwarded:
Democracy in the United States is in jeopardy.
MJ
About damned time.
Oscar wrote/forwarded:
The litany of problems is widely recognized: brazen political
deal-making based on campaign contributions; entrenched
voter apathy; a two-party stranglehold that increasingly
represents only the narrow interests of a wealthy elite.
Legalized bribery is a fact of life, as is the refusal of a
majority of citizens to vote. Ours is a crippled democracy,
each day appearing more as an oligarchy than a republic.
MJ
Which is it ... a democracy or a republic? The US Constitution
establishes a Republic with three branches of Government
each with their specific and enumerated functions. That we
have had an oligarchy ruled by the whims of (now) five is
a result of a usurpation in 1803.
The problem is NOT the contributions, but the legislated
quid pro quo provided for VOTES.
Two illustrations:
a. If Archer Daniels Midland did NOT receive gazillions in
unconstitutional subsidies and other legislated advantage,
would they provide millions to candidates? If they did NOT,
what would it matter if they did provide whatever amount of
funding they chose?
b. If Senior citizens did not receive payment for their votes in
the guise of unconstitutional Social Security Welfare, Medical
Welfare, etc., would they vote for the candidate promising
the greatest amount of other people's money? Look at the
unconstitutional 'free prescription' program being offered now.
Oscar wrote/forwarded:
Certainly most US citizens enjoy freedom of conscience
and feel that they can express their political beliefs without
fear of government persecution. But under the current
campaign finance system the voices of a tiny few drown
out the voices of the majority.
MJ
You imagine further restricting freedom will provide more
freedom?
Oscar wrote/forwarded:
The right of free political expression has been rendered
meaningless by the massive amount of money flooding
the electoral system. The purchase of democracy is a
theft of freedom.
MJ
This is rather absurd.
What is it you imagine democracy to entail?
Oscar wrote/forwarded:
The state of our democracy is best represented by this
new United Corporations of America flag. Twelve
corporate logos have been reproduced on the flag
which represent a snapshot of how corporations
influence democracy today.
MJ
Corporations are a creation *OF* Government.
Your problem is with the pull-peddlers that seek Power ... having
undermined the Constitution and its protections by ensuring mass
ignorance from their mandatory indoctrination centers.
As is typical of Big Government Myrmidons, a gross ignorance
of the problem and their imagined solution -- which serves only
to make matters far worse -- is oft displayed.
Regard$,
--MJ
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts,
and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not
commit suicide. -- John Adams
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
-- James Fenimore Cooper
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