Comments On: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency by Betsy Phillips http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/09/30/i-am-a-representative-with-a-very-small-constituency Comments On: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency by Betsy Phillips en-us Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene. wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency]]> Posted by bubbadog]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:46:08 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency]]>
The founding fathers never invisioned the federal government being in the business of deliberatly allowing (and encouraging) people to vote themselves handsouts of other people's money.


"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on the objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
-- James Madison

THOMAS JEFFERSON:" The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits."




Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:30:26 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency]]> themselves to voting for America's new Liberal agenda candidates.
This story truly shows that those not voting are letting Gail Kerr,
Betsy Phillips, The Tennessean, and NY Times desperately needs a
counter opinion and VOTE to keep sanity in balance for our political
system to survive!
Posted by NeverFear]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:22:40 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency]]> Posted by Min]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:40:00 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency]]>
You get one vote for each dollar you pay in taxes.

Don't pay any taxes? Then you don't get a vote.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:31:05 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency]]>
@SmoothyBobo: Not by everyone. Check the dictionary.
Posted by xray]]> Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:30:54 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: I Am a Representative with a Very Small Constituency]]> Posted by ZenBattleCat]]> Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:39:09 -0500 Nashville Scene