If you’re interested in directly electing a president by national popular vote, you owe it to yourself to go about it another way.
Jim Fossel
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Jim Fossel: Maine deserves to choose its constitutional officers
Our current system – unique in the U.S. – wrongly leaves officeholders unaccountable to anyone but their own political party.
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Jim Fossel: These days, why compromise at all?
America seems to have forgotten the meaning of the term. What we have instead freezes discussion and fosters discord.
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Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans must make life difficult for Democrats
When it comes to responding to the state budget process, many options are open to the minority party in Augusta.
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Jim Fossel: Real global leadership demands more of the U.S.
What does it say about us that we won’t join the International Criminal Court?
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Jim Fossel: Biden budget beggars belief
If a spoiled child concocted a federal budget proposal, it’d look a lot like the one Biden just unveiled.
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Jim Fossel: ‘Right to housing’ takes Maine constitution in wrong direction
A constitution works best when it limits government can do, not when it dictates what government must provide.
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Jim Fossel: Sen. King is not above partisan politicking
Much as the senator would have us believe it, there’s nothing inherently good about being unenrolled.
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Jim Fossel: We need more than one type of federal budget cut
It’s a fantasy to presume that we can slash federal spending without touching Social Security or Medicare. But we can – and should – make defense spending more efficient.
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Jim Fossel: Stop legislative wolves in sheep’s clothing
Let’s curtail trickery by lawmakers – at both the state and federal level.