Voluntary taxes would quickly lead to a country being made bankrupt as no one would pay. In the same way no one would drive under the limit if there wasn't a law against it. People still avoid taxes even though it is compulsory to pay them (and enforceable by prison if you do not) in the same way they still drive too fast. Remove that compulsory element and a lot more would choose to not do these things and that would be universal chaos.


In an ideal world, you would not need laws to tell people how to behave. Unfortunately, ideals rarely enter the real world (though I really do wish they would sometimes).

The main problem with America from an outsider's perspective is the two party system. You do not have another choice, at least not one that can get a chance in hell of being elected. Unfortunately the UK system is heading the same way as our official third party has no chance of ever being in the serious running. There are also problems in the inherent bias in the election system which seems to limit the potential candidates to middle aged to elderly rich white men. Part of this is the age limit on presidential candidacy which is something which may need to be revised at some point. The rest seems to be due to the fact that it costs a lot to run a campaign and most of the rich in America are white men.

Maybe you should all vote to change the residency limit on candicacy and allow Arnie the chance to run?

I agree with the above poster... the current administration has done a lot of bad things for the PR of America. The country has gone from a respected world power that could mediate things like the Middle East peace talks to one hated by the majority of Middle East countries and considered insane by some of the others. Lack of concentration on domestic issues in favour of pursuiing a war purely to bolster opinion polls has led to the decline in the economy worldwide. From what I have seen, MCain intends to continue these same policies. In this case, is maintaining the status quo a good thing? I don't think so.

At the very least you need to show that you have no support for either candidate in some way. Is it true that in the American ballot you can have 'write in' candidates? Because here that counts as a spoiled paper and so discounted. If it is allowed, that is one way to show that you do not wish to elect either candidate.