Our Republic was designed by the rich and propertied. The Senate was probably conceived as a counter to the French Revolution. Voting rights began opening up under Andrew Jackson to white males.Given the fortunes needed to run present elections, where do you think we can claim to be a Democracy? Add to that, the celebrity factor introduced by the Kennedys and you have an oligarchy. I consider my vote meaningless.
On Jul 20, 9:15�am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > On another forum a certain conservative poster who goes by the nic of > The Supreme Turtle pretty much openly posed that question. I quote his > words" "if you pay 100k in taxes you should have ten times the votes > of someone who pays 10K" End quote. > > Well , I made my feelings about such a statement pretty clear but am > most curious about what posters here think of that. Fire away folks, > what do you think? > Should the U.S. be ruled by the rich? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
