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Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada (thebeaverton.com)

submitted 3 days ago by GrymEdm@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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The Canadian government has insisted that information on domestic goods is readily available to all trading partners, even including nations that recently elected a felony-convicted game show host to be their head of state. Instead, the United States has decided to employ a rarely-chosen trade tactic that international economists refer to as the “fuck around and find out” model.

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I see you're very concerned with third party voters. (Again) How much progress have you made replacing First-past-the-post voting in your state? You do want to solve the spoiler effect problem right?

Nows the time to dig in and fight for the reform that would resolve your issues with people voting outside the two party system.

Here are some videos to help you out. Best of luck to you.

Videos on Electoral Reform

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

As if the Republicans would entertain any though about a fairer election process.