[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Forster, Michael]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45559420/ns/business-us_business/

On Dec 5, 2011, at 1:30 PM, "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Bob Koehler wrote:
> 
>>   Of course his stimulus failed.  The GOP won't let a workable
>>   fix to the economy, Mr. Obama might get credit for it.
> 
> This is where having a proper democratic system is needed.
> 
> In Canada, when a government is elected with a minority, it needs to
> cooperate with opposition otherwise it may fall with a vote of non
> confidence.  And because political parties have finances, they needto
> look at whether they can afford an election so soon after the previous
> one, and whether polling suggest they would increase their number of
> seats if an election were held now instead of waiting at end of the
> minority govt's term.  So a minority govt can live a number of years by
> being cooperative with opposition and as long as polls favour the
> governing party, the opposition has no incentive to bring down the
> government.
> 
> 
> The USA system doesn't have that "incentive to cooperate". The president
> is there gfor his term no matter if he can get any legislation passed or
> not. The houses do have elections at mid-term so this is like a mini
> vote of non confidence, but it doesn't force the president to resign if
> he is put in a situation where he can no longer govern effectiovely.
> 
> It should be noted that under the last bit of the Clinton presidency, he
> did not control the houses, and he was able to get a balanced budget, in
> part due to pressure but also cooperation from republicans.
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