[upchuck]

Read the rest at the link. This is an excellent article.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Government "by the people" is Democracy, i.e. government by the mob.

Government with the consent of the people is how our Republic was intended to work.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

There was a study which showed that the demands of the wealthy and powerful were more often put into law than those of the poor and middleclass.

Oligarchy with a side of democracy for cover.

[Nifster]

These people are insane. I quit reading the idiocy when they suggested that heads of hospitals ought to be chosen by the people

That suggestion alone tells me they are not serious people. I suspect they are academics who’ve never actually worked a real job in their lives

[EQAndyBuzz]

The only way to have government by the people is set boundaries on what government can and cannot do. To correct the totalitarianism of the way government works today, there must be term limits and restrictions on the media based on the rights the Constitution provides in the first amendment.

The minute the media chooses sides, there can no longer be a democracy.