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Sally
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Date Posted: 15:15:45 11/07/04 Sun
In reply to:
Deb
's message, "Re: lara and manda ;) / Jane / Catherine/btw" on 20:30:27 11/06/04 Sat
Just want to clear up some facts:
England and its ‘subsidiaries’ ARE democratically based. The government is democratically elected, the Queen is a figurehead. Yes, I agree that it is a bit stupid to have a pointless figurehead, but who am I to judge? The bottom line is that the government of England, Canada, Australia etc ARE in fact democratically elected, and any relationship to the Queen is, practically speaking, symbolic. Having studied constitutional law, and closely examined the constitutional systems of all of these nations, there is actually not a great deal of difference, democratically speaking. The one major difference is that the US has a constitutionally-enshrined bill of rights. Not 100% sure, but Canada may as well. The other countries have human rights enforced through legislation or convention. These systems are not really better or worse, just different.
The point about taxes is correct – the US may have lower tax rates, but you pay a heap more for doctors, medication etc. And it is ridiculously more expensive to go to university in the US – where I am from, nobody’s parents really save up for their kids education – they don’t need to! So, I guess there are positives and negatives to any system.
Not trying to cause any trouble, but as a non-American, had to clear up some of these misconceptions! :)
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