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The Greatest Threat to America: (Original Post)
libodem
Oct 2015
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sailfla
(239 posts)1. The threat is the people that put them there.
libodem
(19,288 posts)3. Lots of gerrymandering
It should be illegal.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)5. I agree but how to replace it?
I'd say go back to counties. If you live in a county that is who you vote for. Unfortunately the minorities get squeezed out of having any representation at all. If gerrymandering stopped, republicans and democratic politicians would lose seats. It is a mess though I admit.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)2. No. The threat is the Democrats who want to compromise with the Republican party.
Compromising with the insane just hides the insanity.
libodem
(19,288 posts)4. The whole party has been pulled toward the right
And the DLC type Democrats have tried to compete with the big money by compromising the middle class right out of existence.
Then I watched Cenk, debate Ann Coulter, who claims Democrats are making America a third world country.
Tax cuts for the billionaires and corporate interests are really what is turning us into a 3rd world work place.