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Would the USA be better off if more political parties contested the races for President, Congress or Senate?
In Europe and other countries there is more than two parties in government, the likes of Ireland have six, the UK has three.
Would this not be better for Americans as the makeup of House of Representatives or the Senate would be more similar to the political beliefs of the people. And that in national debates more issues could be raised in Presidential races, e.g. A Green Party candidate could raise the issue of the environment or a Fedaralist Party could raise a discussion on States Rights.
In many ways it would be better. The problem lies with the parties and the institutional politician that derives their power with the rules currently established. You need to look at the statistics that show the power an incumbent has in the current process to understand why they loathe even this discussion of a deviation of the two party system.
Now, tie that with the legalized bribery that takes place with pork spending (Dems adding billions to a war bill to get anti-war dems to go along, Republicans spending like drunken sailors to keep their hold on liberal voting regions) and you begin to see whey they don’t want to discuss making changes.
Think how complicated it would for them if they had to deal with 10 parties rather then two?
THE TEA PARTY & THE CIRCUS – Final Healthcare Reform Protest
