Malkinius
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Greetings Orion... quote:
ORIGINAL: OrionTheWolf Both parties have had their shot before and failed. Wasn't their a contract with America a while back? How did that go? Until we just start cycling through politicians, and creating our own term limits and voting out the status quo politicians, nothing is going to change. Ethical bankruptcy comes with a higher price than financial bankruptcy. This is just a reply to the Contract with America question. The quick information was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_with_America. To quote that source: "The Contract's actual text included a list of eight reforms the Republicans promised to enact, and ten bills they promised to bring to floor debate and votes, if they were made the majority following the election." The result listed is: "A November 13, 2000 article by Edward H. Crane, president of the libertarian Cato Institute, stated, "...However, since the Contract only promised to "bring to the House Floor the following bills, each to be given full and open debate, each to be given a clear and fair vote and each to be immediately available this day for public inspection and scrutiny", the Contract did accomplish its promises, even if some bills failed in votes or fell to presidential vetoes." So the answer to your question is that the Republicans did the very limited things they promised in the contract. It is noted that they never promised to pass those bills, just bring them up for a vote and they did. The Wiki page pretty much matched what I recalled the result being. They made limited promises they felt they could keep and kept them. I know how unusual that is for politicians but given enough promises, some of them will be kept. I will even say that some politicians really do mean to keep some of their promises and I am not limited that to any party or ideology. Be well.... Malkinius
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