JC Political Thread - For All Things Political Part 2

[shane_3800]

One big issue is people will tend to vote for a government that just hands money out.

 

[UTE042_NZ]

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Another case of voter fraud, they just keep coming, but who is being fraudulent? Trump supporters. The hunters becoming the hunted.

 

[Immortality]

Texas set to allow unlicensed handgun carry despite outcry - NZ Herald

Texas is poised to remove one of its last major gun restrictions.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Yup. They are serious about keeping guns out of the hands of people who should have them...

 

[Immortality]

.... and just another quiet weekend in the US!

There were at least 12 mass shootings across the US this weekend | CNN

Eleven people died and another 69 were injured in mass shootings over the weekend.

edition.cnn.com

 

[Skydrol]

https://www.************/video/kSylcKqLdOFx/

 

[Reaper]

A big part of the problem is the 3 year election cycle, because of the relatively short term they are fairly much always in election mode instead of taking time to get on with the job.

Politics has become so partisan that when a new government is elected they spends a good portion of the time undoing the work of the previous administration before getting their own policies put into law, than the 3 year term is over, the government changes and it all happens again in the opposite direction.

Politics is way to much of a popularity contest based on money, they who can generate the most donations/spend the most on self promotion wins. It's time the money from unknown donors, foreigners, corporates is taken out of politics so that politicians work for the people/country they are elected to serve rather than outside influences like the huge corporate conglomerates that effectively end up running this world if this current trend is allowed to continue.

You are correct and the only time anything will really change is when the voting public as a whole start rewarding wider looking governments that plan for the long term. Sadly we as a group are getting exactly what we voted for and really need to look into the mirror when seeking the real cause

 

[Skydrol]

Interesting.

 

[keith reed]

Interesting.

Ah the truth, isn't it such a wonderful word.

 

[Pollushon]

Truth is subjective. Facts aren't. Belief is becoming a mental illness