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Really good point about symptoms / causes (I do not entirely agree that it is automatically follows to make the gov not worth buying.. a bit like smashing up yo
by milfot 14y ago
Really good point about symptoms / causes (I do not entirely agree that it is automatically follows to make the gov not worth buying.. a bit like smashing up your car so no-one steals it). And I do not disagree with your comments about the US voting.
WRT Australian voting, in 2010 the voter turnout was around 92/93%, with a further 5.5% informal (donkey). Around 20% of the electorate voted for the minor parties / independents.
All this translated to.. 90% of the seats to the two major parties. Nope, no corruption here. In a very real sense the system is designed by the parties that run it. I mean, we all remember what happened in Tassie in the late 90's?
- crusso 14y agoa bit like smashing up your car so no-one steals it More like not putting all your server room and home entertainment system equipment (televisions, ipads, etc.) in your car, sitting on the front seat with the doors unlocked. Your car needs to get you places. If you make it the central storage location for all the cool/expensive stuff in your life - don't be surprised when people open your doors or break your windows to take it. If in the process of storing all your junk and having it broken into - don't be too surprised when your car is no longer functioning as simple transport.
- milfot 14y agoI just don't understand your analogy. What exactly is it, do you think, that makes government valuable?
- crusso 14y agoThe US Government spends more money than any entity in history. You think that isn't valuable to all those who wish to obtain some of that money for themselves? The point of my analogy was that government has some specific functions spelled out by the Constitution. If we stuck to government's main functions rather than trying to have it do everything for everyone - we would make it less of a target for corruption.
- milfot 14y agoWhat exactly is it do you think the main functions of gov. are? How do you achieve these without money?
- crusso 13y agoWell, this thread is long dead, but the main functions of the FEDERAL government are spelled out in the Constitution. Historically, we were able to fund those functions consuming far less of a percentage of our GDP.