re will italy be the next domino to fall note cross posted to alt politics italy and talk politics misc this is a reply to an article by ed ipser which also appeared in alt politics usa misc and alt politics libertarian but no longer belongs i hate to defend ed the article was very poorly written but here goes hallam dscomsa desy de phill hallam baker writes ed should take a look at the budget deficit regan and bush created together before he starts to make claims about europe collapsing based on the budget deficits here none of them are serious on the usa scale italy s per capita debt is much higher than usa s we do not want our countries to be run by a narrow elite of rich lawyers for the benefit of the super wealthy this is exactly what the public in france italy perceive to be the problem thus the french election and italian pulizia regarding the post pulizia italy what looks likely to happen is the fringe parties are going to do much better in the next election most of the parliamentary deputies are going to get replaced and the parties are going to be forced to look to people who are free of any hint of corruption look out for a parliament of pavarotti s and porn stars wrong this is true perhaps only for the lega nord the referendum sunday is expected to establish a british american style first past the post system in the senate if implemented it would encourage a two or perhaps three party system in italy most likely the dc and psi will not be these parties rather there will be a shakeup of the entire party structure from which new parties will emerge to dominate will lega nord be one of these who knows the camera dei deputati lower house will likely remain with proportional representation for a while but there is talk of switching a portion of that house too maybe as much as first past the post overall the electoral reform in italy is a welcome change italians are tired of having crappy government porn stars pavarotti s and hunters fishers won t gain seats because pr is dead a good two party system will bring italy efficient accountable government it s about time jeff hagen hagenjd ac wfu edu
