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Re:NY Governor stalls right-to-repair bill; has until Dec 28... by Spivak on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:30AM (#34068202)
If we were serious about politicians actually representing the will of the residents in their district people it would be way more accurate if policy and votes were based on a public statistical analysis sanity checked only by "is what the people want actually doable."

But we're not. We don't vote for politicians to represent people faithfully, we vote for politicians to represent our interests in a much more abstract sense.

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Re:NY Governor stalls right-to-repair bill; has until Dec 28... by TheRealPomax on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @11:08AM (#34082501)
This is the governor, not a district member. They are elected, by the entire state, to represent the entire state in federal context. Whether you voted for them or not, they still represent you and one of their jobs is to sign bills passed by the house. If they don't do that, they should get fired.
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