US Election Discussion

Ah, that's more reasonable. They bundle so many things into those goddamn bills; a prime example is 6464, which I posted yesterday. The first page is all hot button issues that people in the senate will be paying attention to, then when you flip to the second page on, suddenly it's a bunch of pomegranate like "1% tax on all electronic transactions" and "after 2013, a 3% tax on all houses sold". Those things need to GO, regardless of the content of the main segment of the bill; they do not belong, they do not fit with the rest of the bill, they should not be bundled with it.

From what I understand, all those little things are in there as a way to actually get the bill to pass, because all of these politicians won't vote for anything unless it gives them something. What I've been hearing/told is that the person pushing bills basically has to coax everyone else into agreeing with them (The person I heard this from last used a term that's out of my mind at the moment, or I'd use it myself right now, sorry).

It's extremely sad that this is how it's done, but sadly that's how anything gets done in this country. People only think of themselves, and if you're doing something that might hurt the majority of the politicians, even if it benefits 99% of Americans, it will get downvoted unless you are able to make it appealing to them. They only think of themselves, not the overall good.

I think that if there is an ability to bypass all that bullpomegranate, even though it shouldn't be done sometimes it just has to be, because otherwise we get no where.