once more congress ignores voters

Rana said:
It does seem to be a trend, lately.
Click to expand...

1) They should not govern by survey
2) In this case, they most certainly should not

for:

a) The tax swap idea is regressive
b) The survey doesn't seem to tell people that it is easy to say 'reduce the use of nuclear, coal, nat gas', there are no other viable options at this time unless everyone is also ok with dramatic increases in their energy/fuel bills.
 
Superfreak said:
1) They should not govern by survey
2) In this case, they most certainly should not

for:

a) The tax swap idea is regressive
b) The survey doesn't seem to tell people that it is easy to say 'reduce the use of nuclear, coal, nat gas', there are no other viable options at this time unless everyone is also ok with dramatic increases in their energy/fuel bills.
Click to expand...

Well then why do we vote. Why do we elect people because they represent our views? Why not just have a lottery.
 
i find it interesting that the same libs who were so happy obamacare passed into law....ignored the fact that most polls showed americans did not want the law. so in essence, using their logic here, congress ignored voters, but that is ok as long as their agenda gets passed.

i find it troubling this notion that polls or surveys should heavily influence our reps to the point where they vote solely on polls.
 
Yurt said:
i find it interesting that the same libs who were so happy obamacare passed into law....ignored the fact that most polls showed americans did not want the law. so in essence, using their logic here, congress ignored voters, but that is ok as long as their agenda gets passed.

i find it troubling this notion that polls or surveys should heavily influence our reps to the point where they vote solely on polls.
Click to expand...

nothing seems to impress our politicians except their political parties and big donors
 
Yurt said:
i find it interesting that the same libs who were so happy obamacare passed into law....ignored the fact that most polls showed americans did not want the law. so in essence, using their logic here, congress ignored voters, but that is ok as long as their agenda gets passed.

i find it troubling this notion that polls or surveys should heavily influence our reps to the point where they vote solely on polls.
Click to expand...

Yeah, voters wanted Medicare for all, the Congress and Obama compromised and gave us a version of Romneycare
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top