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The Existing Political Duopoly is Uncompetitive

Byron A. Ellis-January 16, 2009

Politicians often proclaim that competition is good for consumers. And, one of the conditions for competition is many sellers and many buyers. The political system in the United States is not competitive; it has too few viable political parties. Moreover, for many voters the two dominant parties are basically homogeneous.

In many instances their ideas and philosophies are undistinguishable. For example, on the issue of bank bailouts both parties, Democrat and Republican failed to represent the wishes of the electorate. Likewise, both parties blindly support Israel, even though it has massacre over 100,000 and injured more than 4,000 human beings, including children and innocent civilians, in the land of Palestine.

Both parties supported the misguided invasion of Iraq, which displaced and killed tens of thousands of human beings and wasted billions of dollars.

The existing political duopoly creates a high level of interdependence between the actions of the two dominant political parties.

Political duopolists often recognize their interdependence and tend to act in unison in order to maximize their total gain often at the expense of voters.

A third political party composed of Hispanics, Blacks and progressive whites would threaten the existing political duopolistic structure and force the dominant parties to become more voter oriented.

Support for warring adventures and proxy wars would diminish. Likewise, using taxpayers’ money to fund inefficient commercial entities would be halted, as well as the arming aggressive inhumane countries.

In the next four years, the Internet offers a wonderful opportunity for a coalition Blacks, Hispanics, and progressive whites to truly introduce change to United State and the rest of the world.

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