25-01-2010, 09:34 PM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:John Kowalski Wrote:Since getting elected in the US is tied very closely to how much money a candidate can raise, as compared to the candidate's opponent, and with this new ruling by the supreme court which will allow corporations and other organizations to pour even more money into an already bloated process, perhaps Americans should not have elections, instead they should auctions; instead of voting, they should count the money raised by each candidate, the one with the most money wins. This is pretty well what has been happening anyways.
on eBay?:bandit:
Why not, it will save the voters, I mean the bidders, a lot of time and the government a lot of money. eBay will be happy too, they can get a cut on every auction, soon eBay lobbyists will be lobbying the congress to reduce the congressional term from two years to one.