Direct Democracy and Representative Government

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Direct democracy almost acheived the full repeal of the Massachusetts income tax. Though that probably would have sucked, since it's a flat rate right now, and when they brought it back it'd be progressive.

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Direct democracy is the only way the Libertarian Party can get anything done. They should put initiatives on the ballot to legalize drugs, prostitution, etc., repeal as many taxes as possible, implement a flat payroll tax, etc.

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Direct democracy is the only way the Libertarian Party can get anything done. They should put initiatives on the ballot to legalize drugs, prostitution, etc., repeal as many taxes as possible, implement a flat payroll tax, etc.

LOL.

A Libertarian initiative in Massachusetts won 45% of the vote. If it had passed, it would have repealed all Massachusetts state taxes on personal income: wages, passive income (interest and dividends) and capital gains.

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Which is why there need to be restrictions. For example, the Bill of Rights should not be amendable by initiative. I also support amending the states' constitutions to require two-thirds majorities to amend each respective Bill of Rights, ratified by no less than 60% of the voters.

Also, no government spending initiative should be allowed (see California for direct democracy gone terribly wrong).