Originally posted by rpm371
We owe it to ourselves as a free nation to break this stupid 2 party system. It was never the vision of the founding fathers and it's strangling us today. Perot was on the right track, just the wrong guy for the job.
while I agree with you I just don't see it happening.
for one thing you have politics as an industry, and those with power (and those who they appoint) are the only ones with the power to change it.
you have just about every commercially viable tv and radio station in the country owned by about 6 cooperations and all drawing their news from the same service. this doesn't leave much of a stage for anyone with new ideas.
and our people in general, while claiming to want someone who has integrity, tells the truth and is above corruption, would mostly rather have someone who doesn't make them think to much and lies to them nicely.
IMO political parties shouldn't even be recognized by the gov't, let alone using gov't funds to pay for primary's and the like for them.
let the candidates stand alone on their own merit, do away with the public hype advertising and just print out a voters pamphlet that gives each candidate a chance to say what their vision is, why they would be good for the job, and their stance on various issues, select nominees by a simple petition with a minimum number of signatures.
obviously it would be unconstitutional to ban political parties, but there is no reason I see why our gov't should give them any voice or consideration above any other citizen.
that said, it's little more than a pipe dream. it'll never happen in my lifetime. there is no motivation for anyone in a position to change it to change it.
from the political selling legal clout for campaign funds, the wealth and corporations who buy the politicians to help secure laws that will make them richer, to the media who sells advertising to both and feeds off the scandal created to make a profit, all make their living off of this dysfunctional system and have no interest in seeing it repaired. all talk about how the system needs to change is just more hype, and presented to you so that you'll think they might even care what you think. if it actually did change, they'd have to find a new way to survive.
