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eniwetok

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8. The Major Defect In Our Federal System: Trust In Elites.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 2, 2016, 08:31 PM

Oct 2016

Our Constitution was based on the idea that the People could not be trusted, and that elites should have a veto over them most everywhere in the Constitution. The Senate has a veto over the House, the EC was designed to over throw elections, the amendment process again involved the Senate and the bar for reform so high that now states with as little as 4% of the US population can now block any reforms.

The system has no safeguards against corporate power nor against elites who have declared war on the People.

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The Laughable Defects In The Argument That Trump Can Reform Tax Law [View all] eniwetok Oct 2016 OP

Let's not forget... Trump wants to run government like a business! eniwetok Oct 2016 #1

Also, remember that little Bush wanted to run government like a business and look madinmaryland Oct 2016 #7

+1, I have NO confidence tRump understand what the word "reform" means... he's a lil slow uponit7771 Oct 2016 #2

it's a desperate argument, but all he's got! eniwetok Oct 2016 #9

They have been getting a free ride... kentuck Oct 2016 #3

The Major Defect In Our Federal System: Trust In Elites. eniwetok Oct 2016 #8

How anybody could believe that one of the rich assholes... Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #4

Trump thought he could get away with it... eniwetok Oct 2016 #5

Only reforms duncang Oct 2016 #6