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The Initiative is needed
to:
- reverse the concentration
of government power
--- which accumulates naturally --- and relentlessly.
- neutralize the power of special
interests.
- increase public understanding
of issues.
- stimulate public involvement
in the political process
and improve voter turnout.
- make government more responsive.
Who is it that
wants the initiative?
More Reasons
Why we need the Initiative
"Men by their makeup
are naturally divided into two camps:
those who fear and distrust the people and
wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of higher classes;
and those who
identify themselves with the people,
have confidence in them, cherish and consider them the safest
and most honest,
if not always the wisest repository of the public interest.
These two camps
exist in every country,
and wherever men are free to think, speak, and write,
they will identify themselves."
Thomas Jefferson
"There are those occasions
under our form of government when the interests of the represented
and the interests of the representatives are at odds.
I & R are the means by which the represented assure that
their interests ultimately prevail."
John Talley of
Longview, Texas
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