Comments on: Ideas for Change in America http://corinamurafa.eu/2008/11/26/ideas-for-change-in-america/ Analyze, Criticize, Reaction(ize)! Tue, 22 May 2012 03:35:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: VIAGRA http://corinamurafa.eu/2008/11/26/ideas-for-change-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-86253 VIAGRA Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:04:37 +0000 http://corinamurafa.eu/2008/11/26/ideas-for-change-in-america/#comment-86253 <strong>VIAGRA...</strong> kinda makes you wonder.... VIAGRA…

kinda makes you wonder….

]]> By: Corina Murafa http://corinamurafa.eu/2008/11/26/ideas-for-change-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-31123 Corina Murafa Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:11:43 +0000 http://corinamurafa.eu/2008/11/26/ideas-for-change-in-america/#comment-31123 while i agree with you that popular policies are not always the best policies, i still believe MPs and elected officials in general should be closer in contact with their constituency. they can either do that through initiatives similar to the ones advanced by change.org or through various other means. what i trully reject - apart from apathetic people not voting at all, of course - are people who believe the only way they can have a say in politics and society by and large is by voting every four years (and then of course complaining about all the stupid things elected officials do). democracy is a two-way street that cannot function absent permanent communication. while i agree with you that popular policies are not always the best policies, i still believe MPs and elected officials in general should be closer in contact with their constituency. they can either do that through initiatives similar to the ones advanced by change.org or through various other means. what i trully reject – apart from apathetic people not voting at all, of course – are people who believe the only way they can have a say in politics and society by and large is by voting every four years (and then of course complaining about all the stupid things elected officials do). democracy is a two-way street that cannot function absent permanent communication.

]]> By: adaniel http://corinamurafa.eu/2008/11/26/ideas-for-change-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-31028 adaniel Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:44:11 +0000 http://corinamurafa.eu/2008/11/26/ideas-for-change-in-america/#comment-31028 Although this sounds cheerful, I have to remind you that Tony Blair's government had such an experiment and it resulted in a spectacular failure. The British motorist club has petitioned with about 1 million users to decrease petrol taxes and tolls. Popular policies are not always very good and I think the good thing about the American democracy is that it is a representative one, leaving the representatives alone with the tough decisions and short-term consequences of public policy. Although this sounds cheerful, I have to remind you that Tony Blair’s government had such an experiment and it resulted in a spectacular failure. The British motorist club has petitioned with about 1 million users to decrease petrol taxes and tolls. Popular policies are not always very good and I think the good thing about the American democracy is that it is a representative one, leaving the representatives alone with the tough decisions and short-term consequences of public policy.

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