Lunar
Atlas Superstar
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« on: September 18, 2008, 03:35:01 AM » |
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My biggest complaint about the electoral college (and to an additional extent, the primary process) is that it lets local issues destroy national policies.
Obama is against Yucca mountain not because he actually opposes it, but because Nevadans do. Obama supports ethanol subsidies because of Iowa. And both candidates are getting pretty darn populist lately because the election is decided in the states with the WORST economies (Rustbelt) instead of those who have constituents in growing areas. So, instead of having national policies directed towards growth, we have them towards trying to keep economic hope alive where there is none (Rustbelt).
My side rant.
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