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Re:Why competition in the politics industry is failing Ameri... by dsjoerg on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:04AM (#15293264)
Not so; on many issues, the country as a whole (its citizens) knows what it wants but the parties and duopoly can't deliver it because of how they're structured.

For example there are improvements to healthcare, taxation and financial regulation which a supermajority of citizens would agree with, but the current system cannot/will not deliver. These improvements do not particularly align with either party's agenda.

Another example, closer to people here on HN; merit-based immigration. Support among citizens is broad and I am guessing it would be a supermajority; however more politically active and powerful people in the US on the left and right oppose it.

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Re:Why competition in the politics industry is failing Ameri... by rayiner on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:17AM (#15293371)
The supermajority of Americans would decrease or keep the same the level of legal immigration. So you’d be talking about shifting more of the existing immigration quotas to merit away from family reunification. Americans don’t like that either.
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Re:Why competition in the politics industry is failing Ameri... by komaromy on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:18AM (#15293390)
> The supermajority of Americans would decrease or keep the same the level of legal immigration

Evidence?

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Re:Why competition in the politics industry is failing Ameri... by pjc50 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:42AM (#15293593)
> merit-based immigration

Isn't this what the green card system already is?

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Re:Why competition in the politics industry is failing Ameri... by yahna on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:42PM (#15298028)
God no.
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