Originally Posted by
jclay
Our system has multiple problems.
Disparity in campaign treasure does affect message penetration and skews votes towards better funded messages. That is a problem.
Having 60% of the population fail to vote is a problem.
The influence of big money on lobbyists and the political system is a problem.
Gerrymandering is a problem.
I'm sure there are more problems.
It would be nice if we had only one, textbook simple problem, but we don't. We have quite a few. To say that it's all this or all that or only this because nobody buys my vote is ridiculous.
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