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From: sms@exodus.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: demo representive gov't
Message-ID: <119@exodus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 22:09:46 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 13 22:09:46 1983
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Certainly no one would say that we have a true democracy.  Elections are
party personality contests, and with current technology, the closest we can
come is local cable/900 voting.  What we have is a republic.  Now if this
was a true Republic, the government would accurately represent it's public:
a certain percent would be unemployed, black, single.   As the current
scheme of mainly white male lawyers is likely to continue, hows about if
they were rewarded based on their actions:  put the correct fraction of
congress on welfare, etc...   What I would really like to see is that
casualties in wars be taken out of the government:  if n% of the armed
forces is killed in a action, `kill` n% of their representatives.

	kinda like holding your own government hostage/responsible,
	stephe
	people generally get the kind of government that they deserve