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MADem

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8. Truth is, nations DO always do this. But we should be bothered.

Reply to Peace Patriot (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 01:40 PM

Jun 2012

I would like to see pressure put on Congress to take the profit out of political office. Kinda hard, though--foxes watching the henhouse, and all that. But if they knew they'd be changed out for some other asshole as a matter of routine, they might start listening to "We, The People" a bit better.

It seems that things always have to get Very Bad Indeed, unfortunately, before anything happens.

I do think the voting machines are a big part of the problem, as well--it's way too easy to cheat, so long as you have a believable margin-of-error.

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