I think I will go with the old line
Let's make guns illegal so only the criminals have them. Now that is the kind of world I want. The kind where the only threat the criminals have is police who won't be there until after you are shot and killed.
Back on subject though, I wouldn't let some half witted promise from a politian whose only real goal is to get voted into office be a deciding factor. I am even going to go with Bronk in his balanced idea. We have seen more than once what happens when our Fed gov is mostly one party or another and that is also not a good situation.
I personally would love to see the parties done away. It seems now that our government is not run by or votes cast based on politians ideas of right and wrong which is the way I and manyof the people I know vote them in but by the party deciding what they want to see and the office holder goes with it so that he/she can be nominated again. At least that is how they act to me.
In Heinlein's the Moon is a Harsh Mistress when the moonies formed their Government it was suggested they should have one house who's only job was to UNMAKE laws <sigh> incredible idea!
BTW in a couple of novels written by Libertarians their are many parties and NONE of em have any real power, it all belongs to the people that VOTE. And on the ballet there is a NONE OF THE ABOVE and if that wins then NO ONE holds the office voted on.
I would REALLY REALLY like to see a NONE OF THE ABOVE on our ballets and if the 2nd time around that one won the election then the office would remain vacant for the following term....
That would require some changes such as a law would/could NOT be passed it their were no President to sign it, veto it, or ignore it?
OR perhaps a better idea would be any laws in the works could not be passed into law unless a vote BY THE PEOPLE was for it?
Just some thoughts.......
expensive? perhaps but how much is freedom worth?
