07-25-2019, 09:39 PM
(07-25-2019, 09:35 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I wonder what the attitude would be in here if the American public voted for a measure and congress said "we know better". Anyone against Brexit is against a society in which the citizens have a say.
It happens in states on the regular. Referendums pass in the states and then the legislature and/or governor do everything they can to undermine it. It's always bullshit. If the citizens pass a bad referendum, then let them deal with the consequences. That's my opinion.
"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