Special interests are a necessary part of democracy

送交者: james_hussein_bond 于 2010-03-17, 08:51:02:

回答: That is exactly the point 由 eddie 于 2010-03-17, 08:41:29:

They are being demonized from both the left and the right, and somehow they become the bad guys. But everyone belongs to some special interest group. Think of AAA, teachers' union, new immigrants, people with disability. Without special interests there is no democracy.

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True. But nobody should be compelled to participate in it (无内容) - eddie (0 bytes) 2010-03-17, 08:52:22 (422573)
- what's your conern if you fill in "Chinese"? (无内容) - fuzzify (0 bytes) 2010-03-17, 09:45:52 (422586)
  - Two concerns - eddie (180 bytes) 2010-03-17, 09:50:56 (422588)
    - If we want to know how many Chinese are in US, - fuzzify (122 bytes) 2010-03-17, 10:00:47 (422591)
      - I just don't want to answer that question to the government - eddie (121 bytes) 2010-03-17, 10:22:09 (422595)

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