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I was speaking in theory. Does anyone doubt that such a program exists? (not so much the necessary part but the more the unpopular part) The people of this country are fickle and subject to whims that are so easily influenced a single statement from a celebrity could sway the masses. If we had such a system then there would be that much more incentive to sway those masses.Would the IRS cease to exist? It is draconian and perhaps it does deserve to be abolished. But the gov does need a mechanism for collecting taxes and it would have to be replaced by someother IRS. Would all IRS's cease to exist leaving the gov unable to collect taxes? I doubt it. Would the turmoil of programs being ended constantly cause havoc? Probably.What of programs that were at one time vastly unpopular but later became popular when they demonstrated their value? Each of these would have been ended prematurely. Doesn't every single principled politician who stands by his integrity run counter to the popular movements in his district? Wouldn't a popular defunding of each congressman cause him to support zero issues that were principled? One could argue that term limits cause congressmen to pander to the voters rather than to act for what is right. A system that were too populists would be like having one day term limits. No term limits would give congressman to ability to ignore us but too short or too populists of a system would erode his intergrity. We need balance.WWII was unpopular when it began but it destroyed the Nazis. If we had waited for popular support would the delay have caused problems?So,no I do not have good examples. I ask again does anyone doubt that good examples exist?
I was speaking in theory. Does anyone doubt that such a program exists? (not so much the necessary part but the more the unpopular part) The people of this country are fickle and subject to whims that are so easily influenced a single statement from a celebrity could sway the masses. If we had such a system then there would be that much more incentive to sway those masses.
Would the IRS cease to exist? It is draconian and perhaps it does deserve to be abolished. But the gov does need a mechanism for collecting taxes and it would have to be replaced by someother IRS. Would all IRS's cease to exist leaving the gov unable to collect taxes? I doubt it. Would the turmoil of programs being ended constantly cause havoc? Probably.
What of programs that were at one time vastly unpopular but later became popular when they demonstrated their value? Each of these would have been ended prematurely. Doesn't every single principled politician who stands by his integrity run counter to the popular movements in his district? Wouldn't a popular defunding of each congressman cause him to support zero issues that were principled? One could argue that term limits cause congressmen to pander to the voters rather than to act for what is right. A system that were too populists would be like having one day term limits. No term limits would give congressman to ability to ignore us but too short or too populists of a system would erode his intergrity. We need balance.
WWII was unpopular when it began but it destroyed the Nazis. If we had waited for popular support would the delay have caused problems?
So,no I do not have good examples. I ask again does anyone doubt that good examples exist?
