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Article #1826Re: Measure 48 could give Oregon the nation's fastest economic growth
From: Lobby Dosser
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:09
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:09
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Don Homuth <dhomuth1@comcast.net> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:06:23 GMT, Lobby Dosser > <lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net> wrote: > >>Don Homuth <dhomuth1@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:32:29 GMT, Lobby Dosser >>> <lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>>>Don Homuth <dhomuth1@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> The folks elected don't invent the problems. In fact, they'd as >>>>> lief not have them in the first place. They didn't invent the >>>>> need for law enforcement, courts, public health, public >>>>> infrastructure or a panoply of other needs that The People have >>>>> declared are important. >>>> >>>>Did the majority of Americans clamor for Food Stamps? >>> >>> The grocery industry did, as did the folks handing out commodities >>> -- which were always a labor-intensive and therefore Expensive >>> matter to deal with. Food Stamps, it turns out, were the least >>> expensive and most cost-effective way to deal with the entire Hunger >>> issue -- which was and remains real in many places. >>> >>> The commodities, in turn, derived from the demand from various food >>> industry sectors for price supports. >> >>The question was: Did the majority of Americans clamor for Food >>Stamps? > > The key players in the food industry certainly did. Most Murkens > weren't aware of them. DID THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS CLAMOR FOR FOOD STAMPS?! > >>>> How about multilingual ballots? .... >>> >>> Why would the majority ask for multilingual ballots? Most folks >>> don't need them. But the majority does seem to accept the idea that >>> those who Can vote but need a multilingual ballot probably ought to >>> have one. >> >>Again, you back and fill. Legislatures clearly invented something that >>the majority of their constituents was not clamoring for. > > If the Only things that legislatures may do is based Only on what > some alleged Majority of folks ask for, then little would ever get > done. > > Most constituents don't ask for bridges across specific rivers, yet > they are provided withal, because Some constituents find them > necessary. THEN THE CONSTUENCY IS ********NOT******** CLAMORING!!!!!! SEE HOW THAT WORKS? THEY MAKE UP SHIT AS THEY GO ALONG. JUST LIKE YOU. >
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