Re:Fact-checkers: Talking crap in Holland v America
by dkarl on Thursday November 08, 2012 @02:41PM
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Even though the unbiased analysis of the plans the different parties have reduces fact-free policies, it's far from a guarantee that after the elections, the winning parties will simply make a 180 degree turn and screw you over anyway.
Be careful what you wish for. There are only two ways for parties to avoid abandoning their campaign promises. One is for a single winning party to have complete control over government policy. The other is for minority parties to prevent the government from implementing any policy at all. In the U.S. we have politicians who promise to derail the government and leave it a smoking ruin rather than allow any part of the other party's platform to be implemented.
Be careful what you wish for. There are only two ways for parties to avoid abandoning their campaign promises. One is for a single winning party to have complete control over government policy. The other is for minority parties to prevent the government from implementing any policy at all. In the U.S. we have politicians who promise to derail the government and leave it a smoking ruin rather than allow any part of the other party's platform to be implemented.