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Re: Measure 48 could give Oregon the nation's fastest economic growth

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From: Lobby Dosser
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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Subject: Re: Measure 48 could give Oregon the nation's fastest economic growth
From: Lobby Dosser <lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net>
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