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Yes, and they have a condescending tone: Ah, ye of little mind, you have no idea what the real world here in Washington D.C. is like. Thank you for your input. I have ignored it completely.
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Yes, and they have a condescending tone: Ah, ye of little mind, you have no idea what the real world here in Washington D.C. is like. Thank you for your input. I have ignored it completely.
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nothing.
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I'm looking specifically to see if anyone here thinks that he should have voted against this bill, and for those that do to explain exactly why he made the wrong decision.
I'm impressed
I am really impressed by that response. I'm hopeful that it wasn't a template or a reply by an aid, but assuming it wasn't that was a pretty well thought out response. It is great if an elected official is able to send such responses out to individuals. In my experience it has all been templates. I remember once writing my congressman years ago about eliminating the social security system only to receive a response thanking me for my ideas on "how to protect social security and ensure it's vitality."
I think the given answers here shows the problem is more complicated than voting yes or no on a single piece of legislation. The system is so corrupt and each piece of legislation is so complicated. It is a very difficult political game and nothing is black and white. In an ideal world the elected officials wouldn't be so likely to step beyond the roles of government and legislation would be worded carefully and simply. Instead bills can be long and difficult reads with hundreds of parties trying to get their little pieces in that can often slip by without much notice.
His response showed that he was playing the game, and that he believed to work towards doing the right thing the game must be played. He is right in a sense. If he votes no it could hurt this country. If he votes yes it could hurt this country. It sounds like he worked towards making it possible to vote yes with enough changes to bill the being made so that a yes vote causes less damage than a no vote.
This is not ideal. This is a problem with a complicated and often corrupted system. The solution is not always as simple as voting no to everything that is out of line as Paul has done. If the majority took that stance it would work well, but since Paul is often alone in that position sometimes harm may come from voting no towards bad legislation when action needs to be taken. It is a shame and demonstrates the horror of the situation, but something I think your congressman did well to explain this in his message.
I don't know who out there is really working to change the system and fix the corruptions. I hope that Lessig's work eventually has influence, but the enemy in this case is a real monster.
I am really impressed by that response. I'm hopeful that it wasn't a template or a reply by an aid, but assuming it wasn't that was a pretty well thought out response. It is great if an elected official is able to send such responses out to individuals. In my experience it has all been templates. I remember once writing my congressman years ago about eliminating the social security system only to receive a response thanking me for my ideas on "how to protect social security and ensure it's vitality."
I think the given answers here shows the problem is more complicated than voting yes or no on a single piece of legislation. The system is so corrupt and each piece of legislation is so complicated. It is a very difficult political game and nothing is black and white. In an ideal world the elected officials wouldn't be so likely to step beyond the roles of government and legislation would be worded carefully and simply. Instead bills can be long and difficult reads with hundreds of parties trying to get their little pieces in that can often slip by without much notice.
His response showed that he was playing the game, and that he believed to work towards doing the right thing the game must be played. He is right in a sense. If he votes no it could hurt this country. If he votes yes it could hurt this country. It sounds like he worked towards making it possible to vote yes with enough changes to bill the being made so that a yes vote causes less damage than a no vote.
This is not ideal. This is a problem with a complicated and often corrupted system. The solution is not always as simple as voting no to everything that is out of line as Paul has done. If the majority took that stance it would work well, but since Paul is often alone in that position sometimes harm may come from voting no towards bad legislation when action needs to be taken. It is a shame and demonstrates the horror of the situation, but something I think your congressman did well to explain this in his message.
I don't know who out there is really working to change the system and fix the corruptions. I hope that Lessig's work eventually has influence, but the enemy in this case is a real monster.
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