For California proposition breakdown, please go here:
http://votersedge.org/
Non partisan with some great metrics, including what a Yes/No vote means, the finanical impact of each choice, who contributed what $ amount to each campaign, who's endorsed each viewpoint, and links to editorials in favor and in opposition of each measure.
Just really great info. And read between the lines, kids. Great example is Prop 32. Makes it sound like it limits all corporate and union contributions to campaigns. In reality, it doesn't affect corporations at all. In fact, it specifically hamstrings unions, while corporations are free to do whatever they like with their money.
Why does all this stuff have to be so damn complicated and convoluted? I'm beginning to believe that we should eradicate politics as a career choice. Maybe Congress and the House should be like jury duty--you get called, serve your two years, and then the next citizen is up.
Enough. Argh. I hate politics.
The biggest problem with how laws are written, or proposed laws are written, is that the only people that can understand them are lawyers. Make it so a ten-year-old could understand the language, and then we're good.
ReplyDeleteLove your idea about mandatory political service, Hawk!
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