Post: #1687

(09-18-2015 06:42 AM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:  The US interest groups strike me as people who undermine others to further their own goals and be damned with the consequences.

The fact that <2% of the US population can dictate the agenda of the Repiblican debate (when the majority of those <2% do not even vote Republican) can tell you a lot about exactly how 'democratic' the political process is in the West.

Can you imagine a referendum on the current migration invasion with the following options:
a) Accept all
b) Accept only proven refugees from Syria and accept them temporarily
c) Return all to safe ME countries without access to our welfare system

Does anyone honestly believe that option a) will get more than 10% of the vote?
The majority in every nation (I am even willing to include Sweden here) will vote for b, with a significant minority (20-30%) chosing option c).
Yet, in our current 'democratic' political system we will most likely get a combination of a) and b) with some ineffective checks introduced, some people returned and some refugees returning to ME when the situation improves. I am willing to bet ~50% will stay in EU and mooch on welfare forever (until money run out and there is chaos, that is).