"Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,-That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it; and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
This quote from the American Declaration of Independence was written on July 4, 1776; it was written because the authors realized that those who governed them did not have their best interests in mind. Today we have to realize that those who govern us receive huge sums of money from corporations and special interest groups; this raises the question as to who they are governing for, the corporations or us.
In December of 1999, America became aware of a organization called The World Trade Organization. This group of people who were never elected to public office, has the power to cancel laws that they feel are not in their best interest while not considering the best interests of the population as a whole.
The corporation money flowing into government and the World Trade Organization has once again put us in the position where we have to decide if we are to "alter or to abolish" government as we know it. To this end Direct Democracy TV has been established as a debate forum on television where citizens can debate issues and all viewers can vote on the debated issue by email or phone call in. If this electronic democracy is to be the new form of government we are to live by, or if there is another new form of government to be established, we can not say. This is for the people to decide; but Direct Democracy TV has been established as a forum so that the people can debate this issue.
Let the debate begin.......