25-01-2010, 04:40 PM
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:
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass