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Look just because we are presented with two options

2? I was presented with 6 last time. We have more choice than you make out. We create governments.

[Jerry J. Fortin]

I agree with you, except on the last point. The public is very much accountable for the actions of government. For example, if the government starts a war and ends up losing, it is very much the public who will pay the price. If the government spends itself into deficit, it is very much the public who will have to pay back the money. That is why it is all the more important that the government accurately represents the will of the people - because the people pay a price for government policy.

I stand corrected.

[Jerry J. Fortin]

Not that it really matters, but.....

Our government is structured in a manner that provide the illusion of democracy. It has served us fairly well, and we have much to be thankful for, but there is a darker side to the equation. Governments ought to be in control of their economies to a certain extent. They ought to be in control of their monetary policies. They ought to be in control of their finances. Sadly these things are not true, and in order to begin to fix the problems we have with government we need to do some democratic surgery.

Governments live on money, but where does that money come from?

Edited June 24, 2009 by Jerry J. Fortin