rigs, We're not a Democracy, never have been. We're a representative Republic based on Democracy. So don't vote if you consider your vote meaningless,
On Jul 20, 11:19 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Our Republic was designed by the rich and propertied. The Senate was > probably conceived as a counter to the French Revolution. Voting > rights began opening up under Andrew Jackson to white males.Given the > fortunes needed to run present elections, where do you think we can > claim to be a Democracy? Add to that, the celebrity factor introduced > by the Kennedys and you have an oligarchy. I consider my vote > meaningless. > > On Jul 20, 9:15 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On another forum a certain conservative poster who goes by the nic of > > The Supreme Turtle pretty much openly posed that question. I quote his > > words" "if you pay 100k in taxes you should have ten times the votes > > of someone who pays 10K" End quote. > > > Well , I made my feelings about such a statement pretty clear but am > > most curious about what posters here think of that. Fire away folks, > > what do you think? > > Should the U.S. be ruled by the rich?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
