10-25-2016, 09:20 PM
(10-25-2016, 08:19 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Too many citizens? Citizens voting for too many offices? Too many members of Congress? Members of Congress voting for too many things?
(10-25-2016, 08:22 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am guessing they are talking about citizens voting for referendums or laws instead of voting for legislators to make these decisions.
Not just voting on referendums, but voting on representatives themselves.
(10-25-2016, 08:30 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Hmmm, interesting. Certainly not the intent of the framers, but something positive out of the Progressive era.
I would tend to agree. I didn't get to catch all of the interview, but the topic intrigued me. Once I get around to reading it I will have to share the argument.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
