Jameson Quinn wrote:
First, I'd ask people on this list to please stop discussing tax policy
here. It's not the place for it.
(What happened to that idea of finding a compromise method that
everybody on EM could support? Did the idea get sidetracked by SODA?)
More or less. My impression was that we had agreed that a statement
should explain and support no more than two simple methods, and mention
as good a broad range - as many as could get broad acceptance. For the
simple methods, it seemed that people were leaning towards
(Condorcet//Approval or Minimax/WV) plus (Approval or SODA). For the
"generally agreed as improvements", I think we could get consensus that
the aforementioned ones plus MJ, Range, and a catch-all "condorcet
methods" (since in practice they are unlikely to differ), would all be
improvements over plurality.
So, I guess the question is: is there anyone who would support Approval
but not SODA? Respond in text. Also, I made a poll on betterpolls - go
vote. http://betterpolls.com/v/1425
After a fashion. SODA may be a good method in a vacuum, but it's also
very new and has no precedent at all (apart from its components). Thus,
mentioning it in a practical proposal could run the risk of making it
seem left-field and thus the rest of our suggestions appear less serious.
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