Let's adopt the Parliamentary System

[Bill Cochrane]

Like your dairy and meat products I fear that Oregon's finest would be out
competed by the product of New Zealand. All that horticultural knowledge we
assembled when we had an economy has been but to good use in the
economically depressed but rather mellow provinces of NZ.
> From: Dennis R Redmond <dredmond at oregon.uoregon.edu>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 14:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: Let's adopt the Parliamentary System
> 
> On Wed, 10 May 2000, matt hogan wrote:
> 
>> I think we should copy England and adopt a parliamentary government
>> structure. This way, everyone would be represented--from Labor to the
>> Greens.
> 
> You mean, adopt the proportional representation electoral systems
> characteristic of the European Union. Given our huge trade/current account
> deficits with Europe, we could even hit them up for supplemental aid or
> something. 
> 
> Personally, I think Oregon should secede from the US and become the next
> member of the EU. Our major, um, cash crop would be a smash success in
> those Dutch export markets.
> 
> -- Dennis
> 
>