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Would you support a Parliamentary system of government in the United States of America?
1 posted on 02/11/2022 12:01:15 PM PST by jonrick46
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To: jonrick46

No. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments.


2 posted on 02/11/2022 12:04:41 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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Parliament here? A provoking thought...


3 posted on 02/11/2022 12:05:37 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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No. The Founding Fathers had clearer ideas than most of us today.

However, even they couldn't have foreseen the massive power of bloated bureaucracies. Those need to be cleaned up.

5 posted on 02/11/2022 12:07:58 PM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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Not no.... HELL no.


6 posted on 02/11/2022 12:10:42 PM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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NO. Tom Jefferson hated everything British and made sure we do everything differently as Americans. I should know, I’m originally from Sask. Parliament is a clown show.


7 posted on 02/11/2022 12:12:16 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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No. In a Parliamentary system, you are a subject, not a citizen.


8 posted on 02/11/2022 12:14:10 PM PST by steve8714 (Evidently the Oxford comma is racist, sexist, or homophobic. You decide which.)
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NO!

I want an AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT in AMERICA!!

Follow the Constitution!

Meanwhile, we must convert to being a more virtuous people.

9 posted on 02/11/2022 12:15:15 PM PST by G Larry (The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
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Absolutely not. Look around the world and see how dysfunctional and unstable most of these parliamentary government are.

For all its flaws, a system of government like hours with an independent executive branch is far more stable than its parliamentary counterparts.

11 posted on 02/11/2022 12:21:03 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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Anything to break up the duopoly. We really were never meant to have a 2 party system, we do now because the 2 parties have agreed to close the door behind them.


12 posted on 02/11/2022 12:22:46 PM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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We pretty much do already. It’s a two party system. Until that ends, we are no better than France or Italy.


13 posted on 02/11/2022 12:24:13 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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No.
14 posted on 02/11/2022 12:26:06 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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No thank you!

In America, the executive is not the creature of the legislative. The president does not come from the Congress, as prime ministers do in parliamentary governments.

Furthermore, our elections our scheduled at regular intervals, much to the aggravation of incumbents. Our executives, at either the state or federal levels, CANNOT call elections. The governors can schedule elections only if there’s a vacancy.

There are no “snap elections” in America, whereby the executive can dissolve the legislative and call for a new election to repopulate the assemblies.

We dealt with parliamentary government prior to the American revolution and we specifically avoided it in the state constitutions and then the federal constitution.

There is literally no advantage to parliamentary government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggz_gd—UO0


15 posted on 02/11/2022 12:27:32 PM PST by cotton1706
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NO!


17 posted on 02/11/2022 12:28:51 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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Would you support a Parliamentary system of government in the United States of America?

Instead of just adding to the chorus of "No"s and "Hell NO!"s, let me instead ask you a question: What is it about a parliamentary system that appeals to you?

There must be some aspect that appeals to you, otherwise you would not have posed the question.

Is it the thought of voting for a party, not a specific candidate? Is it the majority in the House of Commons choosing who will be Prime Minister, instead of the people voting directly for their leader?

Is it the ability to have a "vote of no confidence" in Parliament and have a sudden election season unexpectedly thrust upon the nation?

Is it perhaps some other aspect of the Parliamentary system that appeals to you?

18 posted on 02/11/2022 12:30:21 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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No, because if we did Nancy Pelosi would be Prime Minister. Although if we are in the minority I want to yell and make fun of the Rats during Question period.


21 posted on 02/11/2022 12:35:46 PM PST by wrcase
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No !!

You would end up with situations where the PM would be a Pelosi or a Schumer !

Many people don't realize there is no national selection for the PM. He\she\it (Nowadays!) is the party legislative leader. This only requires he\she\it to be “tested” by the voters of he\she\it legislative district. All the rest is the decision as to who is PM is backroom party conference shenanigans.

22 posted on 02/11/2022 12:39:01 PM PST by Reily
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Not at all.

The US Constitution which created a Federal system, based on states rights, dispersed power, with (supposedly) limited Federal Powers - was ideal.

Power has been completely usurped by the Federal Government, starting in a limited way with Teddy Roosevelt, progressing under Wilson, and pushed forward by FDR

America’s printed, fiat, manipulated Federal Reserve currency now gives central/statist/leftists in Washington absolute power.


25 posted on 02/11/2022 12:46:25 PM PST by PGR88
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No. I respect the will of the founding fathers.


26 posted on 02/11/2022 12:48:34 PM PST by Ikemeister
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No.

Don’t be ridiculous.

I’ve watched the Canadian Parlement recently and their back and forth is preening, all for show. Kabuki theater.


29 posted on 02/11/2022 12:53:13 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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NO. NEVER. WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY OTHER FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC. PERIOD. END. OF. STORY.

I appologize for yelling.


31 posted on 02/11/2022 12:56:30 PM PST by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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