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Not since we have a government that is no longer giving in completely to corporate control. You may call 7 out 10 marginal, I see it as an overwhelming majority, and if the GOP is successful in busting unions that leaves all of the big money donors for the GOP. As I said I am not as fond of a one party system as others think they would be.
You've said nothing that would indicate you want a change of government that does not cater to massive entities and special interest groups. You're fine with the corporatist structure, I see. And I did not say 7 out of 10 is marginal, I said the difference in funding is quite marginal. Massive corporations that you apparently despise are still giving dozens of millions of dollars to the political party that you support. And as I've argued, republicans may take the cake in 2010, but the past 20 years has seen democrats as the leading political prostitutes.
We're already living in a one-party system.
No one has shown to me that teachers, firefighters and policeman are overpaid. Unlike others I do not expect our public servants to work for third world wages. You can't balance 3 decades of bad fiscal policies on the backs of our public servants.
Then you haven't been paying attention. If you believe six-figure salaries for police, firefighters, garbage men, and school administrators is "adequate," then we'll have to agree to disagree.