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Why bother with elections if it doesn't matter if you have a majority?
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Having the majority doesn’t mean they have the votes to pass their agenda. That’s where compromise comes in.
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In every other democracy, a majority is sufficient to pass a budget. Giving the majority the power to pass legislation with a majority vote is the very point of having elections.
I do understand that the US has distinctives among the world's developed democracies.
1) no health care guarantees for all citizens
2) less robust support for the poor
3) Budgets can be stopped by a 42% of the Senate.
4) The debt limit allows 42% of the Senate to force the US into bankruptcy by having us not pay our bonds by refusing to raise the debt limit.
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