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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by bradleyjg on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:21PM (#35621887)
There’s already a de facto supermajority requirement in that you need the senate, which represents states, and the house, which represents people.

Also, it turns out that when the legislature doesn’t act, because it was deliberately hobbled by its designers, you end up with an ultra powerful executive rather than things being left to the states.

It would be better if more Americans recognized the flaws in the design of our system of government instead of quasi-worshipping the Founding Fathers and insisting that any problems are because we are unworthy of their great design.

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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by brightball on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:38PM (#35622049)
That’s a valid point. IMO the executive should have been more limited.
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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by bink on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @08:35PM (#35622604)
> hobbled by its designers

Minor quibble, but the filibuster is nowhere in the Constitution. And it was most recently modified in 1975.

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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by bradleyjg on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @08:40PM (#35622645)
The legislature was split in two because it was considered the most dangerous branch. Or at least that’s one of the explanations they gave when arguing for its ratification.
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