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Re: OT: Re: Rules for being a republican
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joe andress <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:53:58 -0600
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I question if he would have been unelected if he redistributed 'your wealth'
to other 'non-income earning' individuals and they lived off his
redistribution and represented a large portion of his political base.

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From: "John Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Re: Rules for being a republican


> The framers of our constitution didn't envision politics as a career or
> family business.  They viewed a term in public office as everyones's
> responsibility, in a volunteer fashion, for a short period of time.  But
> since there is so much money in the public treasury, it has attracted
> "political entrepreneurs" who see profit/wealth as a motive.  Obviously,
> this is not good.  We need to change it.  We are the stockholders of this
> country.  If you see something you don't like, question
> it...investigate...if your elected officials won't help or are part of the
> problem, then unelect them.
>
> We just unelected our city councilman because he ignored our neighborhood
> and tried to shove all of the city's infrastucture into our backyard
> without our consent.  It wasn't that difficult to defeat him at the polls.
>  Once you get the ball rolling, it picks up momentum, and it's a great way
> to meet your neighbors!!
>
> John Lee
>
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> At 01:23 AM 2/1/04 -0500, Mark Wonsil wrote:
> >You could not be more correct.  Power corrupts and absolute power
corrupts
> >absolutely.  In light of this fact, we still try to fight corruption with
> >more power.  The disconnect is fascinating.
> >
> >
> >Dispersing power would seem to "deselect" these personalities and yet we
> >resist.  Why is that?  What makes us think that this time we centralize
> >power that things will be different?
> >
>
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