(07-07-2023, 08:36 PM)copycat Wrote:

(07-07-2023, 03:30 PM)mikesez Wrote: (1) amounts to a 100% marginal tax rate.  No place would ever do that.  The evasive financial maneuvers would boggle the mind.

(2) we do this already, in terms of donations from a person or corporation to a candidate.  But then we say that anyone can create a PAC that takes any amount of post tax income and that PAC can spend its money on whatever political message they want.  The Supreme Court says that any effort to say "PACs can't spend that money" or "PACs can't accept that money" or "PACs can't spread those messages" is a violation of the 1st amendment, and I tend to agree.

(3) I think this is a good idea and would help.  But I think a true round Robin ranked voting system would basically allow us to have a "no confidence" vote and select a new person at the same time.  Uniquely with round Robin, you are comparing the incumbent to each possible alternative separately.

Your continued proposal of a ranked voting system will never work on its own.  Since the masses rely on a corrupt corporate media (which is what is what we have now) then the same corrupt politicians will continue to be voted in.

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(07-07-2023, 05:30 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Lol, but yet you think others on here are. Good one. Do I want war? Of course not, but you know that saying about let it be me instead of my kids as well as I do. The longer we take to institute this national divorce the bloodier it will be when we get there. You're so afraid of losing your scraps that you won't step out of line for the greater good.

Well stated

The ranked voting changes the incentive structure, allowing a candidate to make ending corruption his main issue without having to worry about other candidates outflanking him on other shiny object type issues that the media will try to distract us with.  That candidate will then be able to expose corruption in ways the media will be less able to ignore, because a vote for that candidate wouldn't necessarily be wasted, so it would be plausible that many would vote for them..

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(07-07-2023, 09:56 PM)copycat Wrote:

(07-07-2023, 09:45 PM)mikesez Wrote: Have these 41 states become models of good governance?

Link plz

Google the quote. It's just Wikipedia.

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