I was prepared to leave this open in case it was sufficiently generic and not US centric, but it looks many comments assume it’s about the current US political situation. Locking. Rule 6.
We call them Double dissolutions in Australia. It happened once.
It’s worth noting that there was CIA involvement
Careful what you wish for. We could end up with something worse than now. How many times have we said, it can’t get any worse. It’s always getting worse
Who’s going to make them give up power?
See: every other country.
France has had three elections in quick succession, if I remember right, and all from failed budgets.
(Really it’s because the people pushing the budgets are arguing like a bag of cats, but the budget failing is how they’re back to elections)
Canada’s shortest administration was like 24 hours.
Countries where the elections aren’t mandated to last 4 years get kicked out when they suck.
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Nailed it. Maybe a nation who’s entire system of checks and balances that it beat off to for years can be toppled to fast and utterly doesn’t deserve to be rebuilt.
The experiment is over folks. It’s been dead for a while. 2025 just opened some people’s eyes to it.
By what?
Also, that would be motivation to pass bad budgets that nobody agrees on.
Going off the example of other nations, the previously agreed budget allocations (from a prior year).
Special elections could be invoked if there is complete deadlock, but that is unlikely to be a successful policy outside of nations that already have it.
You’re so close to realizing that you don’t have a government that represents you, or it’s citizens in general. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
Disagree, but only because I think there should be non-negotiable items in the budget, including paying your workforce.
Yes
A system that requires all parties to agree government spending every year is fucking moronic tbh.
You should see how other countries do it.
(Spoiler: like that. Consensus)
I’m just used to the UK version.
The government of the day sets the budget. Each year they announce things like tax rises/lowering etc but funding doesnt just stop.
Depends on the consequences of failing to pass a budget. If you just keep using last year’s, it’s fine.
Agree
These geriatrics and their incompetent nepo babies need to be removed from power
In many countries, failure to pass a budget triggers a new election
Like Canada.
And it is in danger of happening soon
Not really. Forcing an election now would result in pretty much the exact same outcome. All the parties know it. Worst that will happen is the Green and NDP abstain, the Cons will vote against, and it will pass.
Yeah but it’s USA. Let’s wait and see how it plays out for the next 3 years or more. I don’t mind.
