Democrat Convention Thread

[Benton]

(07-28-2016, 03:53 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I don't care how elections are funded.  If you want to run for office, then you live by the rules they pass, what I do care about is limiting my ability to support the person I want by the means I want.  If I want to buy 1000 hours of tv time to support someone, then that's between me and whoever I am purchasing time from.  

I take the same approach at healthcare.

I don't want someone I don't like operating on me. So I find someone I like, someone I trust, then I dump hundreds of thousands making sure they become a doctor. Who cares if they're a really crappy doctor and other people get really bad medical service, I got the doctor I wanted.

And food.

I don't want someone I don't like cooking my food. So I find someone who will probably be ok and then put them in the kitchen. Sometimes I get botulism, sometimes I get a decent meal. But at least I like the guy.



Our current system allows for advancement (mostly) of either the best fundraiser or the easiest to manipulate (i.e., big spenders invest a lot because they want favorable legislation). An individual's money is their own and they have a right to spend it how they want. But buying legislation seems like a pretty bad way to govern.