Reply #195: But with the National Initiative:

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With the National Initiative for Democracy law as designed:

1) Special interest groups would lose their political power.
2) Voter apathy everywhere would be lessened due to self interest.
3) Right, left, conservative, liberal, and so on would have little meaning. Issues would have meaning.
4) People would get interested fast when they see an initiative that affects them directly. Everyone in general is smart enough to figure out their own interests.
5) Again, special interest groups would have no power. Under NI4D, only individuals have power.
6) All I can say is that Arizonians may be misinformed due to a badly written referendum law.
7) If that's the problem, propose the law. People would vote for that.

People would become less misinformed because one of the first initiatives would create a trusted public media that is not beholden to advertisers (corporations). We could make PBS fully funded in a manner similar to the way CSPAN is funded. CSPAN is funded by taxes on cable and satellite networks. We have been giving corporations a free ride on the public airwaves for too long.

Don't you see, the corporations are able to "hand-pick" their politicians by the exposure they give them in the "public" media which they own. They control it all!