You are given supreme political power to control your country for 4 years

[Thue]

For the US, I have two obvious suggestions, which I am surprised nobody have suggested already:

1) Use preferential voting (or similar) for electing the president. That way you can vote for your real favorite, without wasting and in effect handing your vote to the main candidate on the other end of the spectrum.

2) Use some form of proportional representation for elections to the house and senate. That will pave the way for more parties, breaking the current power duopoly.

Both these suggestions would also have the benefit of not having to hear US Apolytoners complain about how they don't have any good choises to vote for.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Thue

2) Use some form of proportional representation for elections to the house and senate. That will pave the way for more parties, breaking the current power duopoly.

We just finished a provincial election where switching to a version of PR was a referendum question (we are currently first-past-post). Overwhelmingly rejected by the voters.

[Thue]

Originally posted by Wezil


We just finished a provincial election where switching to a version of PR was a referendum question (we are currently first-past-post). Overwhelmingly rejected by the voters.

Why?

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Thue


Why?

Depends who you ask.

I was in favour (it was called mmp) as I am a supporter of a "fringe" party.

I blame the failure on several factors: 1) Too little information for the public to digest and too little time to debate the pros and cons. Most people didn't even hear the question until days before the vote, 2) A flawed model of PR was put forward, 3) Huge opposition from the established parties.

Those that didn't like the mmp proposal will claim it failed b/c it deserved to. They claimed it was a terrible way to elect our governments.

A post-election news report with the proposal outlined can be found here if you are interested:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071010/referendum_outcome_071010/20071010?hub=TopStories

Btw, we elected (under FPTP) a "majority" government on about 40% of the vote. Again.

[Ecthy]

/me invades Czech Republic

Oops, I did it again!

[Wezil]

That's okay then. As long as you promise not to invade anyone else.

[Kidlicious]

Can't you help liberate the oppressed masses if you have supreme power?

[Wezil]

Sure. What's in it for me?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Wezil
Sure. What's in it for me?

As a leader of said nation you will be sent to a work camp.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Kidicious

[Thue]

Re: You are given supreme political power to control your country for 4 years

Originally posted by Vesayen

11 Apologize to the Iraqi people for what happened. Find some solution which involves most of our troops leaving rapidly. This may be dividing the country, giving Kurdish Iraq to Turkey, Suuni Iraq to Iran and keeping the shia minority, as Iraq. Divide the oil revenues of the former state between the 3, based regions, based on populace. Keep an American military presence in “Iraq”(shia-land) to defend it’s borders. If fighting breaks out, blow the aggressor away. If it continues, leave and let them slaughter each other. Not happy we made the problem but if we can’t solve it, we can’t.

Because you like excitement, perhaps? Iran is Shia...

[korn469]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Korn, are you deliberately trying to make me cry?

"I would execute/jail all the bogeymen and then everything would be better."

probably

[RGBVideo]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Bring back manufacturing jobs

uhh what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSb1Orv_shE

How exactly do you "bring back" jobs which are offered by private companies?

[Jon Miller]

I would start by buying stock in corporations, with the goal of the government being the majority share holder in all major corporations by the end of my term...

This has numerous, obvious benefits.

JM

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by VJ

uhh what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSb1Orv_shE

How exactly do you "bring back" jobs which are offered by private companies?

Kickem in the face