From: mjp@austin.ibm.com (Michael Phelps)
Subject: Re: Not that kind! Re: 3 Branches of Government: Is it time for a change?
Originator: mjp@bwa.kgn.ibm.com
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 11:11:28 GMT
Reply-To: mjp@vnet.ibm.com (Michael J. Phelps)
Organization: IBM Kingston NY


In article <1992Oct8.053915.6373@nuscc.nus.sg>, ipser@solomon.technet.sg (Ed Ipser) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct08.021722.151211@watson.ibm.com> yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
|> >There is a lot of talk in the press and by politicans that one of
|> >the major problems with our government today is that very little
|> >gets done.
|> 
|> >It seems to me that one way to eliminate the "gridlock" in 
|> >Washington is to adopt the "Parliamentary" form of government
|> >that Britain uses.  In this way, the people vote for a party
|> >and the party chooses the Prime Minister.
|> 

It seems to me that, given the caliber of goverment today (both republicans
and democrats), gridlock might just be the best we can hope for.  Think about 
it; If either party gets "its" way, they will push to take more of our rights;
the republicans aren't thrilled with exclusionary rules, the democrats 
believe in group rights over individual rights.  Both of them are busily trying
to figure out how to reinterpret the 2nd amendment.. "lets see, perhaps the 
founding fathers really ment that the people have the right to wear sleeveless
shirts?  yeah, thats it.. the right to bare arms"
Sad but IMHO true

|> Another way would be to enforce the US Constitution and remove the
|> myriad of issues from the federal level to "the states, respectively
|> or to the people."
|> 
|> It should come as no surprise that the more people involved in a decision,
|> the less likely is an agreement on a course of action. For example, there
|> is a heated debate, today, regarding socialized health care in the US. Why
|> not simply let individual states decide? New York might enact such a
|> program while Arizona probably would not. Then, people who wanted socialized
|> health care could move to New York while those who do not could move to
|> Arizona.

Both my wife and I have commented on how the local politicians (well, at least
around us) seem to be fairly on the ball.. but the higher you go, the worse
they get.

One problem i have with the states rights is that we live in NY state.. now 
most people think that NY state == NY city, but its simply not true.  However,
it seems that the "power politicians" generally represent NYC to the detriment
of NY state.  Our (ahem) esteemed Gov Cuomo is a prime example, and we (for 2)
would HATE to give him any more power than he already has.  

|> 
|> Of course, this presupposes that it is gridlock and not simply normal
|> politician greed for power which is behind the complaints about
|> divided government. Proposing the UK as a model for the US to follow is
|> pretty scary given the decline of that once great nation.
|> 
|> It is time for a change; it is time to restore the Tenth Amendment and to
|> liberate America from the Washington Party.
|> 

Better yet, lets liberate America from the political pary..

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