Obama Health care plan.

[Kasz216]

Rath said:

Kasz216 said:

Rath said:
@Kasz. That's one of the major problems with your government system, as your parties are relatively weak (have little control over their members) you have to basically bribe the individual lawmakers with deals for their individual electorates.

You need to have more powerful whips =P

I disagree.  I think that them having less control over their members means that if you get rid of bribes your only going to pass good legislation because people aren't going to go by blind group think.

Yes but all major legislation is going to be hideously bloated by individual interests. Pork barrel I think you guys call it over there?

Yeah, that's what the REAL weaknesses is.  Currently there is no process that prevents favoritive giving and the other party never calls out the first because they do the same.  Really need an independent minded person sitting in on the sessions of congress reporting the daily pork giveaways.