Trusting the Voters Turns Out Not Bad

Ballot Elections National Politics Politics

            Brussels          In the United States, real populists, meaning candidates who really believe in the people, rather than being demagogues and wannabe-autocrats, believed in the initiative and recall process, solidified in a number of states in the Progressive Era, more than one-hundred years ago.  Certainly, not all states have them.  They were in fact more …

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Beware Business on the Ballot:  Marijuana and Lotteries

Ballot Corporations Financial Justice Politics Taxes

            Marble Falls     In nineteen states and the District of Columbia, recreational marijuana has been legalized.  Another five states have the issue on the ballot during the midterms:  Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota.  You’d think that if you added all of that up, it would look like half of the United …

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