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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:28 PM Original message |
Government *is* good and can work efficiently |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. K & R Government is not the problem, Republicans are. n/t |
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hansont (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. exactly! +1 |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. The US government cannot even wage war efficiently |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yes, it is a mess |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. No, I dont agree. The structure of the US Government, that experiment in democracy, encourages abuse |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I don't think you understood the OP, we are not in disagreement |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Id replace it with a parliamentary system with instant run-off voting |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. My point is about the Republican talking point. We will never get to a parlament if everyone |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Which is as arbitrary as anything else |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. How are you going to decide issues in groups of a million people |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe with the exception of congress. nt |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. But I would not consider corporate representation "government" |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. The government is what corporations aspire to be |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. So is DU filled with anarchists? |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have always thought the same thing, of the statement in the OP's subject... |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I agree, though I think it is even deeper |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yeah, government can be fixed, and fixed fairly simply. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. good point |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Government shoud represent the will of the people. If it does, then it is good. nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. |
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