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>How are they responsive to the will of the people? What is this "will of the people" you are talking about? What people are you talking about? How do you infe

by aredox 1y ago

>How are they responsive to the will of the people? What is this "will of the people" you are talking about? What people are you talking about? How do you infer their "will"? This current president has been elected by 49.8 percent of the votes cast for president. Due to the electoral college, a Wyoming voter has 3.6 times the power of a California voter. His approval rating is already negative, and is policies poll negatively too[0]. What mandate does he have? What exactly is the will of the people and why has it changed completely in 6 months? What policy is right when the will of the people changes completely every six months? [0] https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker > If so, who are the accountable to and how? To the courts? According to the laws and statutes voted by Congress? I mean, have you ever educated yourself about your own political system before asking those questions? Shouldn't you have?

jpadkins 1y ago
will of the people is a common phrase used in context to a democratic form of government. Elections are how the 'will of the people' are expressed (not polls, but political parties do listen to polls). I'm not interested in discussing the current president, I am interested in your very different interpretation of the US government (which clearly lays out 3 branches of government). > To the courts? According to the laws and statutes voted by Congress? So in your view on how the government should run, after Congress creates a federal agencies, they don't have to worry about any election or democratic process. They only have to worry about the courts if they break the law? Who arrests or prosecutes the DOJ or the FBI? Who brings them to court? > I mean, have you ever educated yourself about your own political system before asking those questions? Shouldn't you have? I understand the US government, as designed by the US constitution very well. I am trying to understand this bizarre concept of "independent" federal agencies and why people should prefer that over our current system of an executive branch led by an democratically elected President. A government of agencies with permanent power, with no checks or balances or any reason to be concerned with what citizens care about sounds like a dystopian form of government. You haven't really convinced me that this "independent" style is preferable in anyway. All you really have done is just ranted on why you don't like the current President, but I bet you didn't care about these agencies "independence" from POTUS 44 or 46.
- aredox 1y ago
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by aredox 1y ago

jpadkins 1y ago

will of the people is a common phrase used in context to a democratic form of government. Elections are how the 'will of the people' are expressed (not polls, but political parties do listen to polls). I'm not interested in discussing the current president, I am interested in your very different interpretation of the US government (which clearly lays out 3 branches of government). > To the courts? According to the laws and statutes voted by Congress? So in your view on how the government should run, after Congress creates a federal agencies, they don't have to worry about any election or democratic process. They only have to worry about the courts if they break the law? Who arrests or prosecutes the DOJ or the FBI? Who brings them to court? > I mean, have you ever educated yourself about your own political system before asking those questions? Shouldn't you have? I understand the US government, as designed by the US constitution very well. I am trying to understand this bizarre concept of "independent" federal agencies and why people should prefer that over our current system of an executive branch led by an democratically elected President. A government of agencies with permanent power, with no checks or balances or any reason to be concerned with what citizens care about sounds like a dystopian form of government. You haven't really convinced me that this "independent" style is preferable in anyway. All you really have done is just ranted on why you don't like the current President, but I bet you didn't care about these agencies "independence" from POTUS 44 or 46.

aredox 1y ago
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