RFK, Jr. and Ralph Nader Discuss a Possible Parliamentary System

[GoLeft TV]

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Shortly before the 2008 elections, billionaire Warren Buffet made headlines when he said that he wasn't paying enough in taxes. While this statement made the GOP want to gag, it really highlighted an ugly truth about our current political system - The rich get richer while the poor get taken advantage of. But what if the super-rich people like Warren Buffet and George Soros and Ted Turner all came together to create a better society where the wealthy actually did their part to help the rest of the country? That's exactly the kind of society that Ralph Nader has created in his new book "Only the Super Rich Can Save Us," and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. interviewed him recently for Ring of Fire about this new political work.

[Echo In Light]

1. Thanks for posting

[ProgressOnTheMove]

2. It is in the intrest of a lot of wealthy people to break down monopolies that take wealth from ...

society in doing so and from other industries, at least some wealthy folks that is. It has to be a fairer playing field for everyone. The more corporations consolidate the less there is for everyone as they don't need to compete or charge fair.

[woodcarver]

3. The single most important thing in preserving...

...our democracy is publicly financed election - without which, the wealthy and corporate interest will usurp more and more power from "We the People". We also need to rid ourselves of the fiction that corporations have the same status as people.

[dotymed]

5. Woodcarver,

That is the most pressing political change that can save our democracy. We would not have most of these other problems, ie..economic- regulate the financial industry so that it works for, not against the majority, health care for all- profit is the major hurdle, war- military industrial complex....all of these industries and many more (pharma, energy, etc..) own and control our political process. If we had public only, financed political system, then the greed would not dictate law. Also, corporations should only be considered "persons" if they are considered to be psychopaths, because a person with a corporate mentality would possess all of the qualities of a psychopath.

[Go2Peace]

4. If only, parlamentary systems are superior and allow more than two parties

[dtotire]

6. Without Proportional Representation

A parliamentary system would not work. We would have to amend the Constitution get a logical proportional representation system enacted. Without one, a third party on the ballot would only get the worst candidates elected.

[Better Believe It]

7. So the "worst" candidate in 1992 was Clinton when Perot's Reform Party was on the ballot?

"a third party on the ballot would only get the worst candidates elected."

Without Ross Perot running and getting millions of votes it's likely that Clinton would not have been elected in 1992.

Most of Perot's voters were conservatives or registered Republicans who would have voted for Bush absent Perot's campaign.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. This is one of my favorite causes, but Mr. Nader needs to be corrected on one point . . .

The American Prime Minister will take questions. The President will be a ceremonial figure who greatest responsibility will be finding lost puppies in Yellowstone.

[irislake]

9. But -- but -- but -- I thought that

your country had the best and greatest everything and that you are a beacon of light and freedom to the rest of us poor idiots.