Decent article in Reason

[CID1990]

I think the short summary is that neither political party is doing us any favors, but there are still too many people giving them reason to maintain the status quo

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[kalm]

I think the short summary is that neither political party is doing us any favors, but there are still too many people giving them reason to maintain the status quo

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Very, very good article.

Of course much of the problem lies in campaign finance and I'm guessing Gillespie is not down with regulating that.

[Ivytalk]

Interesting read. Sounds like Gillespie holds out a bit more hope for change in one of the two major parties than he does for creation of a millennial-based Libertarian party.

[Skjellyfetti]

Too many charts. What a wanker.

[Chizzang]

We have two parties that rarely ask the question:
What is better for America?
How does America succeed moving forward?

Mostly they ask is:
What is better for Lockheed Martin
What is better for Comcast
What is better for The UAW

[CID1990]

We have two parties that rarely ask the question:
What is better for America?
How does America succeed moving forward?

Mostly they ask is:
What is better for Lockheed Martin
What is better for Comcast
What is better for The UAW

or the number one question: how do we consolidate power on our side?

unfortunately I think demographics (concentration of most of the population in cities) and the electoral college are going to eventually fully disenfranchise the middle- in spite of the fact that the middle has more voters

[Pwns]

What I glean from all of that data...people want government to help less well off folks...as long as someone else is paying for it.

I said it before...we simply can't expand government and have a balanced budget without taxing middle class folks (i.e. families with high 5-figure incomes and low 6-figure incomes. We just can't put it all on millionaires and billionaires despite what some politicians want you to believe.

[kalm]

Interesting read. Sounds like Gillespie holds out a bit more hope for change in one of the two major parties than he does for creation of a millennial-based Libertarian party.

Perhaps, but he also bemoaned the existence of the duopoly. Neither party will get all that serious about limiting spending while government spending is so closely tied to private sector success.