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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
Do you guys really distrust the voters so much that the idea of a voter initiated referendum scares you. One of the first things to come forward will likely be a petition regarding changing our first past the post system that so many dislike.
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Yes...for all the reasons outlined above...our MLA should be the conduit by which the concerns of the population are brought into the Government system.
I was trying to find the Benjamin Franklin quote about Government that would reinforce the dangers of populist rule...this is the closest I could find
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
I have to learn more about Ben...an amazing guy