http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1099030
Congressional redistricting
How to rig an election
Apr 25th 2002 | WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition
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In a normal democracy, voters choose their representatives. In America, it is rapidly becoming the other way around
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The article says don’t look at the voting machines for fraud. Look at gerrymandering.
I think we have to look at both.
imho we have to become more like a republic and less like an oligarchy.
I think we need to only vote for our local politicians and hold them accountable to everyone else. So in NJ, the municipality should elect the county, the county should elect the state. If you’re interested in proportions, then just throw the census number in for weighting. The State Assembly can be elected by the municipalities on a one for one basis and the State Senate can be elected by the counties.
Then we would only have to gripe at our local politicians.
So to for taxing. Only the local municipality can tax. And, only fees. No taxes.
Gubamint would be forced to offer competitive services that people would want. What a novel idea!
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