AdamT
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Nope, still wrong. Try again...
j-mac
No, I was correct. You are located in the United States, right?
Nope, still wrong. Try again...
j-mac
Did you miss the financial crisis? Great Recession ring any bells? Never read any of the hundreds of stories about people who were sold ARMs with balloon payments?
Have you ever bought a house yourself?
Do you think you understood the 30 or so pages of six-point legalese in the contract? I'll bet you didn't.
That's no slam against you; almost no one does. But people buy houses every day and generally have to trust the bank or mortgage broker that there are no hidden surprises.
Same goes for credit cards and all sorts of other transactions. I don't know about you, but every few months I get a "privacy statement" or something of the sort from a credit card company announcing changes to the terms of the credit card contract. Again, it's page after page of complex legalese that most people simply don't have the education to understand.
I doubt you would feel that way if YOU were the one being discriminated against. If that was the case I don't think you'd feel that the absence of discrimination laws made you free at all. In fact I think you'd feel kind of like a slave, or second class citizen.
I assure you that it's very necessary. In any transaction involving a giant financial institution and a typical consumer there is a huge imbalance of power and knowledge in favor of the financial institution. You want to hire a lawyer every time you buy a toaster?
No, I was correct. You are located in the United States, right?
Nope, still wrong. Try again...
j-mac
A Representative Republic.
You know the difference between a republic and a democracy, yes?
No, I was correct. You are located in the United States, right?
But what is a republic and how is it different from a pure democracy?
When Americans pledge allegiance to the “flag of the United States of America,” they uphold “the republic for which it stands.” Unlike a democracy in which the citizens themselves pass laws, in a republic such as ours, citizens rule through the representatives they elect.
The Framers founded a republic because they recognized that mob rule could be just as great a threat to liberty as the rule of a king. Representation, Madison explains in Federalists 63, is “sometimes necessary as a defense to the people against their own temporary errors and delusions.” America’s constitutional framework thereby seeks to protect the people from the dangers of unchecked popular democracy. The people’s representatives, of course, remain ultimately accountable to the people who can vote them out of office as they see fit.
In everyday speech, people praise democracy as the most just form of government. What they mean by “democracy” is a regime in which free elections regularly take place and a government that protects the rights of all.
Is America a Democracy or a Republic?
I know that a Republic is a form of representative democracy.
To be specific, we are a constitutionally limited democratic republic. In fact the first political party which is now simply the Democratic party was called the Democratic Republicans - we are both a Democracy and a Republic.A Representative Republic.
You know the difference between a republic and a democracy, yes?
Or, not a republic at all, but a federation of republics. The states are the republics. The union is a federal compact among these republics.To be specific, we are a constitutionally limited democratic republic. In fact the first political party which is now simply the Democratic party was called the Democratic Republicans - we are both a Democracy and a Republic.
The Senate has followed the proper protocols. Protocols that Obama's own Justice Department argued for. These protocols compel a President to act with the advice and consent of Congress. Such advice and consent Obama has shunned. Now Obama has taken a further unprecedented step to take power from the Legislative. The community organizer needs to be shown the door.
Or, not a republic at all, but a federation of republics. The states are the republics. The union is a federal compact among these republics.
The GOP vs. the U.S. Constitution.
Well, they've been trying to undo the 2008 elections for four years... Why not wipe their ass with explicit Presidential powers?
Does anyone remember where Reid held nonsense sessions from 2007-2008 to prevent Bush's ability to make another recess appointment?
The Senate has followed the proper protocols. Protocols that Obama's own Justice Department argued for. These protocols compel a President to act with the advice and consent of Congress. Such advice and consent Obama has shunned. Now Obama has taken a further unprecedented step to take power from the Legislative. The community organizer needs to be shown the door.
In a way I guess, as it is a freedom argument of sorts, but beyond that, its not all that comparable. This is the government finding a problem and deciding a solution on it. The EPA, the FCC, and the CFPB does this everyday. Most of which aren't even problems to begin with, but that is a different subject.
Yes. It was ridiculous.
Recess appointments are a power specifically granted by the US constitution to the president. For congress to hold bull**** non-sessions with the specific intention of blocking recess appointments is a blatant attempt to circumvent the constitution and grab more power for themselves.
Anyone thinking themselves a "strict constitutionalist" or whatever should be against this move, regardless of whether or not the Democrats have previously used the same childish tactic.
The GOP vs. the U.S. Constitution.
Well, they've been trying to undo the 2008 elections for four years... Why not wipe their ass with explicit Presidential powers?
.... You DO realize that Harry Reid invented this tactic, in order to keep George Bush from making recess appointments??? That President Obama supported this when he was a Senator?
.... You DO realize that Harry Reid invented this tactic, in order to keep George Bush from making recess appointments??? That President Obama supported this when he was a Senator?
Did Fox cover it back then and give their trusty viewers the talking points to regurgitate around the water cooler... Was W. making a "power grab" back then?
Or was it just Reid looking foolish trying to end run around the constitution?
73 pages on a non-issue.
You expected differently? Some of our posters can take this long explaining why Obama is a socialist.