have you ever voted for a third Party?

[Zebra]

do you think the present two party system is best?

 

[Bitterhook]

do you think the present two party system is best?

Absolutely not and is essentially at the core of our difficulties. I doubt you are going to want to address what it could take to fix that.

As long as we have a simple majority vote for passing legislation, it will always come down to a 50/50 split with two major parties and constant conflict (or at least the appearance of it if you don't include the establishment). The electorate is forced into one of the two camps regardless of their own interests, in a 'do or die' type mentality where most end up picking the lesser of two evils and not responsible governance.

What do I think would be a good start?

Write two Amendments to the US Constitution, with the first requiring a super majority of at 75% on any legislation, and the second requiring a balanced budget. If you want to take the money out of politics, then take the National Treasury out of it, or at least make them accountable for it. If you want to fracture the power structure, it isn't going to work three ways with a two-thirds vote and split it four ways at the least.

Slow legislation down at the federal level and make those assclowns start thinking better and more in our interests than securing their own power. Remove some of the opportunities for corruption, lobbying, and special interests to seep in and overpower a broader and more acceptable approach. Force issues that cannot be settled at the federal level back to the states and the people in their communities.

Give the people back their power, and make their Representatives start acting right or they get nothing at all.

 

[pal]

and if so, for which ones …..


neither Rep nor Dem

I cannot vote in USA.
I am from Europe.
I am just European.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

I voted Ralph Nader in the early 90s.

I voted Mickey Mouse in the late 80s.

I voted Roseanne in 2012.

 

[dblack]

I voted Ralph Nader in the early 90s.

I voted Mickey Mouse in the late 80s.

I voted Roseanne in 2012.

And in doing that, you did more to improve our political situations than any of the fools perpetuating the duopoly.

 

[dblack]

Absolutely not and is essentially at the core of our difficulties. I doubt you are going to want to address what it could take to fix that.

As long as we have a simple majority vote for passing legislation, it will always come down to a 50/50 split with two major parties and constant conflict (or at least the appearance of it if you don't include the establishment). The electorate is forced into one of the two camps regardless of their own interests, in a 'do or die' type mentality where most end up picking the lesser of two evils and not responsible governance.

What do I think would be a good start?

Write two Amendments to the US Constitution, with the first requiring a super majority of at 75% on any legislation, and the second requiring a balanced budget. If you want to take the money out of politics, then take the National Treasury out of it, or at least make them accountable for it. If you want to fracture the power structure, it isn't going to work three ways with a two-thirds vote and split it four ways at the least.

Slow legislation down at the federal level and make those assclowns start thinking better and more in our interests than securing their own power. Remove some of the opportunities for corruption, lobbying, and special interests to seep in and overpower a broader and more acceptable approach. Force issues that cannot be settled at the federal level back to the states and the people in their communities.

Give the people back their power, and make their Representatives start acting right or they get nothing at all.

Absofuckinglutely. But you're right, they don't want to fix it.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

I cannot vote in USA.
I am from Europe.
I am just European.

Consider yourself very lucky.

 

[Rambunctious]

First time was for Ross Perot and then for Trump in 2016... both were anti establishment....

 

[Zebra]

Consider yourself very lucky.

Why that?