the first time I heard about the Australian approach to elections, I thought it was a really excellent idea.
of course, I also think (and have for well more than thirty years) that, given the two-party system that "evolved" here, we'd be much better off with a Parliamentary system.
and I'll only briefly mention the idea of capping everyo…
the first time I heard about the Australian approach to elections, I thought it was a really excellent idea.
of course, I also think (and have for well more than thirty years) that, given the two-party system that "evolved" here, we'd be much better off with a Parliamentary system.
and I'll only briefly mention the idea of capping everyone's campaign expenses, probably with some modest public funding. it'd be great to never have to read about who's raised more money on some random weekend. like, why are we supposed to care? same deal with weekend movie grosses, but that's obviously an entirely different conversation.
the first time I heard about the Australian approach to elections, I thought it was a really excellent idea.
of course, I also think (and have for well more than thirty years) that, given the two-party system that "evolved" here, we'd be much better off with a Parliamentary system.
and I'll only briefly mention the idea of capping everyone's campaign expenses, probably with some modest public funding. it'd be great to never have to read about who's raised more money on some random weekend. like, why are we supposed to care? same deal with weekend movie grosses, but that's obviously an entirely different conversation.