Message from @RomanReigns
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another conflict of interest is the guy running for gov of georgia deciding how votes are counted in georgia. In all 50 states election boards should be non partisan officials or a bipartisan board
"unions in the public sector are a conflict of interest but gop only see glarring levels of conflict of interest when it hurts gop votes"
For sure, that is part of the problem
Partisan issues getting more and more out of hand leaving the 40% of U.S. in the middle out
Wonder if gerrymandering is ever gonna be addressed by a candidate ever.
Do you really think Sin Taxes are good for economy and state?
@xorgy ok i was expecting talks of politics/policies in this ch but didnt see it going this deep in
We like to pretend we are thinkers
@Grenade123 it is all the time, but only by the side that is hurt by it at the time
Sin taxes are better than sin prohibition. By how much is still unknown.
@ExceptionalFeather yeah, but they don't address it, just bitch about it
oh btw might as wel just throw some info here since sin taxes were mentioned, its essentially a extra 3% tax here in BC for alcohol and tobacco
Grenade it's pretty simple but both parties dont want gerrymandering reform so they can use it to their advantage. Simple solution is to have non partisan or bipartian group create districts for Geographic reasons. The minority party in 48 states could propose a ballot initiative and it would pass in most states
while taxes for food is 5% and everything else is at 12%, so sin taxe brings stuff to 15%
it hurts
I never really like the fact they banned that cooking oil, then they tax cigarettes.... all these taxes and bans "For your own good."
@RomanReigns parties don't, individuals might. They just need to be popular enough that the party wouldn't have a choice but put them on the ballot if they want to win.
That would assume they learn from the 2016 elections
Which clearly they haven't
Roman... non-partisan groups end up becoming partisan.
It is pervasive.
Put it this way Grenade if your the minority party in a large state you probably can win more house seats with gerrymandering reform so it would be in your best interest to work with a bipartisan group to get it in on your states ballot
If it has power, partisan people will seek to gain it's power.
Nothing stays non-partisan forever.
Think it more has to do with the general public not knowing enough to care, therefore it's never an important issue.
Instead we get weed.
Which just makes sense, get people high so they don't remember all the shit the government pulls
Ca for example without ballot reform with a Dem statehouse supermajority probably could have used some gerrymandered funky map to keep GOP to 5-6 house districts. Instead the GOP's share of seat this decade is usually consistently around their share of house popular vote.
I don't think the government really wants to head to a Brave New World future. Too much happiness in all that manditory drugging.
What's the problem with We Happy Few, I mean really /s
You downer
Time to walk across nyc
DID YOU TOOK YOUR JOY ? 😄
i just watch that NPC meme vid
what where?
tim made a vid on it
oh
which is why im here now
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