[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19 / Politics

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In article <r4qjsg$k1i$1 at dont-email.me>, "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw at qsl.net_work> writes:
>On 3/16/2020 3:00 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <r4nv0i$h9s$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
>> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> 
>>> my claim about the super delegates stands.  Not picked by voters.
>> 
>> If you object to lack of democracy, the Electoral College itself and the
>> way the popular vote in a state is converted into delegates is a much
>> bigger problem.
>
>With out the Electoral College, for all of its flaws, only a handful of 
>states (Actually large cities in those states) would effectively decide 
>most presidential elections.
>
>There are a lot of serious problems that can arise from that that were 
>seen when the U.S. political system was drawn up.
>
>You can end up with a system where since the votes don't count as much, 
>the less populous areas end up subsidizing the more populous areas.
>
>An example is the city of Chicago as compared to the rest of Illinois.
>The Chicago area and its suburbs are 1/2 the population of Illinois.
>
>https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/why-illinois-pols-havent-fixed-our-fiscal-crisis
>
>So if you make promises to Chicago voters that claims to put more money 
>in their pocket, you will win elections, even if the City of Chicago can 
>not possibly make enough revenue to pay the bills.
>
>Ideally a city should be more efficient than rural areas and thus should 
>generate more tax revenue than it needs.  In practice we often see the 
>exact opposite, that heavy subsidies and bailouts are needed.
>
>This pretty much forces most people outside the high population zone to 
>have to vote for the opposite party of those high population areas just 
>to try to keep from being snow-balled over, even if they don't fully 
>agree with that party.
>
>And the U.S. has a lot of population in rural areas.  You can see this 
>political trend in the just about any voting history chart.
>
>
>Now right though elections all over the world are probably going to be 
>decided by the people who thought hoarding toilet paper was a good idea 
>for this Covid-19 crises.

The subject of toilet paper would be far more appropriate for a WEENDOZE
newsgroup. :P

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