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 Posted - 01/04/2008 : 21:01:56
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I have an idea for a political party.
I call it the Repeal Party.
The motto of the Repeal Party, at least as envisioned by me so far is:
"Not EVERY law should be repealed."
The goal of the repeal party would be to execute a systematic review of the existing laws and to repeal those laws that are counterproductive or useless.
Of course what I think is counterproductive, you might think is a great idea.
That's politics.
The whole purpose of the repeal party would be to identify those useless and counterproductive laws that the majority of us agree to be useless and counterproductive, and then repeal those laws.
The devil is in the details, and the discussions would be illuminating.
If one argues on behalf of the retention of an existing law, his voice should be heard.
But the burden of proof would fall on those who wish to retain regulation.
Some regulations are so obviously good that htey would stand the light of scutinty.
Some others would not.
Repeal party candidates would vow to work on the most ridiclous laws first and then ONLY AFTER the most ridiculous laws were repealed, would the next tier of laws be scruntanizied.
A Repeal party candidate who upheld this vow would gain the party's endorsement for re-election. A Repeal Party office holder who did not uphold this credo would loose the party's endorsement.
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The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
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fiatboy
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Posted - 01/05/2008 : 00:23:51
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Interesting. The idea of such a reactionary political movement sounds ludicrous in theory, but in actuality, it makes some sense. Assuming that your ideas were followed through, I'd bet that the U.S. would end up with something pretty close to the Constitution. I'd be especially interested in how the Repeal Party would address monetary laws.
Many libertarian, anarcho-capitalist, anarcho-syndicalist, minarchist, and constitutionalist groups are already loosely addressing such concerns, but without much results.
To keep on topic with the forum's subject, how would such a party deal with economic and business issues? |
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Ardent Listener
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Posted - 01/05/2008 : 16:37:10
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Originally posted by fiatboy
To keep on topic with the forum's subject, how would such a party deal with economic and business issues?
The repeal of some laws might stimulate ecomonic growth. |
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Posted - 01/06/2008 : 00:51:44
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Thoughtful replys, Thank you both.
This cannot happen overnight.
I suspect that much of what we think and believe is ruled by linguistics.
The king of that realm is of course, George Lakoff.
I purpose to change the dynamic of lesislation itself, by changing the linguistics we use to think about and discuss legislation.
Legislation can either add to OR subtract from the existing statutes.
If we wish to subtract from the existing statutes, we can further our cause by discovering and familiarizing ourselves with the dynamics of linguistically informed formalized thought.
One can do no better than to begin with George Lakoff.
Steven Pinker is also a devout student of the ways in which our choice of words and metaphores define the boundaries of how far out we are capabale of thinking.
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The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
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