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by jeangenie 4242 days ago
In theory we live in a democracy that should make fixing this easy.
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brent_noorda 4242 days ago
When a Senator's home is seized, THEN something will be done about this.
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beneater 4242 days ago
It makes fixing it possible. It's unreasonable to expect that getting millions of people to agree to take specific actions to effect a very precise change in laws will be "easy".
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jeangenie 4241 days ago
Do you imagine it would be difficult to convince a citizen the government shouldn't be allowed to steal their property?
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jMyles 4242 days ago
In theory, we live in a republic where this is beyond the specific enumerated powers of the government, no matter what the electorate says.
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