The Gulf Coast Sun

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Very glad to see Peace and Federalists unanimously support direct democracy.

When I first saw this amendment, I expected to be voting against it. It was only the thorough reading of it (imagine that actually reading the bills) that shifted my vote.

Had this bill not be as cleverly crafted as it was and thus in someway undermined critical constitutional restraints, the results would have been much different.

That's what I do, baby.

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I don't see a provision excluding fiscal issues from going to a referendum?

My intention was to leave the door open for the ways that citizens can influence policy. However, the guardrail of a two-thirds vote in the Senate is there to ensure enough consensus for what is deemed reasonable to move forward with. There's also the matter of whether the majority of the nation will agree to whatever propositions are approved by the Senate. In that sense, fiscal issues would receive scrutiny from far more people than just, say, eighteen Senators and one President.