U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to hold separate votes this week on new assistance packages for Israel and Ukraine, aiming to assemble fragile coalitions to support both embattled allies.
For as long as I’ve been politically aware, the US system was never touted as having an “efficient decision process”. Care to clue me in on why you believe it does?
I don’t believe it does, but I was tought in school in the 70’s, that the reason USA was an imperfect 2 party democracy, was to create a “strong and efficient” government.
Don’t the Britts have some of the same? First by the post is such a moronic thing, that may ensure one side a majority, at the cost of having more parties. I think in the case of both USA and Britain, it’s proven pretty clearly it’s not a good system. Yet it’s maintained, because both the 2 dominant parties, enjoy power from efficiently excluding smaller parties can gain significance.
For as long as I’ve been politically aware, the US system was never touted as having an “efficient decision process”. Care to clue me in on why you believe it does?
I don’t believe it does, but I was tought in school in the 70’s, that the reason USA was an imperfect 2 party democracy, was to create a “strong and efficient” government.
Don’t the Britts have some of the same? First by the post is such a moronic thing, that may ensure one side a majority, at the cost of having more parties. I think in the case of both USA and Britain, it’s proven pretty clearly it’s not a good system. Yet it’s maintained, because both the 2 dominant parties, enjoy power from efficiently excluding smaller parties can gain significance.