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Democrats are part of the problem. The solution isn't to vote democrat or republican, it is to vote for people that care. Term limits would go a long way to sol

Democrats are part of the problem. The solution isn't to vote democrat or republican, it is to vote for people that care. Term limits would go a long way to solving that problem.

throw_away 6y ago
Getting rid of First Past the Post with something like Star Voting (https://www.starvoting.us https://www.starvoting.us) would go much further without imposing arbitrary limits.
karmelapple 6y ago
Do you have a suggestion for who to vote for who “cares”? And as my sibling comment mentioned, eliminating first past the post would, in my opinion, be a gigantic improvement. If you’re in Massachusetts, please vote Yes on 2 this election so we can have ranked choice voting statewide.
bleepblorp 6y ago
At worst, the Democratic party will make all the right speeches but ultimately do nothing. In contrast, the Republican party stole medical supplies from blue states[0] during the acute phase of the pandemic and chose to minimize the federal response to SARS-CoV-2 because the pandemic was only killing Democrats[1]. Depriving your political opponents of medical supplies during a pandemic is arguably a crime against humanity. Neither of these choices are particularly good, but one choice is far worse than the other. [0] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-admin-seizing-ppe/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-admin-seizing-ppe/ [1] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-s...
- dave_4_bagels 6y ago
  And de-fund police, which obviously is something that will improve public safety and reduce crime...
jhgorrell 6y ago
I would agree that "people who care" are a good thing; However, I dont agree term limits achieve that. Better than term limits would be an informed electorate who would vote for a new person once the old one stopped caring or being effective. I think limits are a poor bandaid.
sjg007 6y ago
Nah.. if you want to get out of a depression or recession hire a Democrat. It’s a fact supported by the data.

Democrats are part of the problem. The solution isn't to vote democrat or republican, it is to vote for people that care. Term limits would go a long way to solving that problem.

throw_away 6y ago

Getting rid of First Past the Post with something like Star Voting (https://www.starvoting.us https://www.starvoting.us) would go much further without imposing arbitrary limits.

karmelapple 6y ago

Do you have a suggestion for who to vote for who “cares”? And as my sibling comment mentioned, eliminating first past the post would, in my opinion, be a gigantic improvement. If you’re in Massachusetts, please vote Yes on 2 this election so we can have ranked choice voting statewide.

bleepblorp 6y ago

At worst, the Democratic party will make all the right speeches but ultimately do nothing. In contrast, the Republican party stole medical supplies from blue states[0] during the acute phase of the pandemic and chose to minimize the federal response to SARS-CoV-2 because the pandemic was only killing Democrats[1]. Depriving your political opponents of medical supplies during a pandemic is arguably a crime against humanity. Neither of these choices are particularly good, but one choice is far worse than the other. [0] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-admin-seizing-ppe/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-admin-seizing-ppe/ [1] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-s...

dave_4_bagels 6y ago
And de-fund police, which obviously is something that will improve public safety and reduce crime...

jhgorrell 6y ago

I would agree that "people who care" are a good thing; However, I dont agree term limits achieve that. Better than term limits would be an informed electorate who would vote for a new person once the old one stopped caring or being effective. I think limits are a poor bandaid.

sjg007 6y ago

Nah.. if you want to get out of a depression or recession hire a Democrat. It’s a fact supported by the data.