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[questor]

Comments on my post:
1. An utterly absurd and over-the top expensive method of electing our politicians. Easily fixed mechanically, but the politicians love it this way.

2. A lack of consensus on what type economic system works best.
There is obviously no consensus on how we should spend our money. One group wants to continue the wars, another wants to give more to education, another thinks the education system wastes dollars and can't do thjob with what they have. We seem to have a quasi- capitalistic, quasi-socialistic society pulling the available money in many different directions. Is it fiscally responsible to fight two wars when your country is essentially bankrupt?
Is it sensible to increase funds for a philosophically diverse educational system which is a failure by global standards? Capitalism works fine if you have oversight BEFORE the crime, not after. Government works better when you have oversight to Prevent wastage rather than bitch about it after the money is gone.

3. A lack of consensus on what constitutes the optimum society.
It should be obvious to anyone who reads these posts that two people can view the same event and come up with opposite versions of what happened. This is a matter of brain wiring and probably cannot be changed. Some want the government to rule their lives. Some believe political correctness is neccessary, others believe it is an assault upon tradition and good sense.
What is the optimum society? What is the role of the government, the citizen?
I had a thread on this before, but received little interest. If just a few people on this site can't agree, why would you think the public at large could?

So if #2 and 3 can't be fixed, we have little hope for the rest.