2009-10-28, 03:03 PM
Why are most governments limiting themselves to 2 main parties? You have the Democrats and the Republicans, yet you will have Democrats who act like Republicans with their ideals, and Republicans that will act as Democrats.
This eventually limits everything, as you are labeled and then considered to have the ideals of that label. In California, most Republicans in the legislative signed a "No New Taxes" pledge, and a group of them broke it and voted to raise taxes on us here, noted as one of the largest tax increases ever.
Raising taxes is something Democrats love to do, as it increases the governments power, while Republicans on the other hand are in favor of a more limited government.
So why do we stick with a two party system? Does it really have that much more of a benefit over a pooled system, in which you run on you own ideals and not those of the party that you align yourself with?
This eventually limits everything, as you are labeled and then considered to have the ideals of that label. In California, most Republicans in the legislative signed a "No New Taxes" pledge, and a group of them broke it and voted to raise taxes on us here, noted as one of the largest tax increases ever.
Raising taxes is something Democrats love to do, as it increases the governments power, while Republicans on the other hand are in favor of a more limited government.
So why do we stick with a two party system? Does it really have that much more of a benefit over a pooled system, in which you run on you own ideals and not those of the party that you align yourself with?