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> This is a bit silly. It's not. The kind of behaviour being discussed is corruption. It wouldn't be dismissing representatives for a vote on any one issue; it

by rlpb 4y ago

> This is a bit silly. It's not. The kind of behaviour being discussed is corruption. It wouldn't be dismissing representatives for a vote on any one issue; it would be dismissing representatives for corruption. But the electorate prefers to re-elect corrupt politicians as long as the corruption is in their favor, so the behaviour continues.

ceejayoz 4y ago
It's not inherently corrupt for a representative to vote in a way that's not a perfect representation of their constituents' opinion polling. There's no allegation that the Governor has been bribed, the bill becomes law soon even if she doesn't sign it, and it's only been on her desk for two business days.
- rlpb 4y ago
  > It's not inherently corrupt for a representative to vote in a way that's not a perfect representation of their constituents' opinion polling. That's not what we're discussing. Up-thread, I responded to: "...paid-off politicians who act on behalf of a few oligarchs to block popular policy changes". That behavior, if it is happening, is what I'm claiming is corruption, even that kind of behaviour is the norm nowadays, and voters don't vote this kind of corruption out, or even call it out as corruption. > There's no allegation that the Governor has been bribed... Correct. The allegation is as I quoted above. It is not my allegation; I'm merely discussing appropriate voting behaviour if it were true.
- rlpb 4y ago
  > ...it's only been on her desk for two business days. Not according to the article: "A spokesperson for the governor's office told VICE's Motherboard on October 31 that "Governor Hochul is reviewing the legislation." Asked about the bill's status today by Ars Technica, a spokesperson responded that "Governor Hochul is reviewing the legislation."
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    I'd advise reading the entire article. > The bill was delivered to the governor Friday, according to the New York Senate's bill tracker, though she has been considering it since late June.

by rlpb 4y ago

ceejayoz 4y ago

It's not inherently corrupt for a representative to vote in a way that's not a perfect representation of their constituents' opinion polling. There's no allegation that the Governor has been bribed, the bill becomes law soon even if she doesn't sign it, and it's only been on her desk for two business days.

rlpb 4y ago
> It's not inherently corrupt for a representative to vote in a way that's not a perfect representation of their constituents' opinion polling. That's not what we're discussing. Up-thread, I responded to: "...paid-off politicians who act on behalf of a few oligarchs to block popular policy changes". That behavior, if it is happening, is what I'm claiming is corruption, even that kind of behaviour is the norm nowadays, and voters don't vote this kind of corruption out, or even call it out as corruption. > There's no allegation that the Governor has been bribed... Correct. The allegation is as I quoted above. It is not my allegation; I'm merely discussing appropriate voting behaviour if it were true.
rlpb 4y ago
> ...it's only been on her desk for two business days. Not according to the article: "A spokesperson for the governor's office told VICE's Motherboard on October 31 that "Governor Hochul is reviewing the legislation." Asked about the bill's status today by Ars Technica, a spokesperson responded that "Governor Hochul is reviewing the legislation."
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  I'd advise reading the entire article. > The bill was delivered to the governor Friday, according to the New York Senate's bill tracker, though she has been considering it since late June.