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There are many things I don’t like about the American government. When I compare it to the Canadian government I wonder why we couldn’t have taken a few more hints from them.
As an example, this week on the CBC radio there was a piece about a California school where kids were sent back to the poor school districts.
At first I was thinking that sucks; people fought in the US in the 60’s and 70’s to ban school segregation. The president of the school board stated that during the school board elections residents who lived in the posh area wanted to reduce school taxes by limiting the students to only those who lived in that area. I still think that those people are being extremely selfish but the fact is their opinions mattered enough to make it a reality. We might think it is petty or selfish but we don’t live there and really shouldn’t get a say in how their affairs are run.
In the USA their judges are voted in, not appointed. If a soft judge lets a few career criminals off easy you can bet that after the next election they will be back working as a lawyer. Up here our judges screw up and we just look and say “hey what can you do?” We are right to do so because the buddies of the politicos, who get appointed to these positions, are in there for life.
School boards, judges, and various other important positions are voted upon. Not only positions people get to voice their opinion on important issues. During the last election a highway in Florida was voted down by the continuants a highway that both the government and industry advertised and lobbied hard for, but the people got their voice.
In Canada we get to choose from the left wing liberals, left wing conservatives or if you’re really in the mood for left wing NDP.
As far getting a voice together if someone even tries the media defines them as a capitalist crack pot.
As an example, this week on the CBC radio there was a piece about a California school where kids were sent back to the poor school districts.
At first I was thinking that sucks; people fought in the US in the 60’s and 70’s to ban school segregation. The president of the school board stated that during the school board elections residents who lived in the posh area wanted to reduce school taxes by limiting the students to only those who lived in that area. I still think that those people are being extremely selfish but the fact is their opinions mattered enough to make it a reality. We might think it is petty or selfish but we don’t live there and really shouldn’t get a say in how their affairs are run.
In the USA their judges are voted in, not appointed. If a soft judge lets a few career criminals off easy you can bet that after the next election they will be back working as a lawyer. Up here our judges screw up and we just look and say “hey what can you do?” We are right to do so because the buddies of the politicos, who get appointed to these positions, are in there for life.
School boards, judges, and various other important positions are voted upon. Not only positions people get to voice their opinion on important issues. During the last election a highway in Florida was voted down by the continuants a highway that both the government and industry advertised and lobbied hard for, but the people got their voice.
In Canada we get to choose from the left wing liberals, left wing conservatives or if you’re really in the mood for left wing NDP.
As far getting a voice together if someone even tries the media defines them as a capitalist crack pot.
posted by Anonymous at 12:43 AM
1 Comments:
Interesting stuff ... interesting idea. It'd be a bit helpful if you used punctuation to set off your ideas.
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