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From: =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
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Subject: Re: Why are VSI so focused on Sweden ?
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:41:37 -0400
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On 3/10/2025 9:03 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:51:20 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> There is no option for recalling the president in the US.
>>
>> The options in the constitution are:
>> * impeachment (simple majority house + 2/3 majority senate)
>> * 25th amendment (VP + majority of cabinet ministers, and if
>>     the president appeal 2/3 majority of both house and senate)
> 
> Things seem so much easier in Parliamentary systems, don’t they: it just
> takes a vote of no confidence in Parliament to bring down the Government.

It is easier to get rid of a prime minister in that system.

But there is also a flip side. It can be difficult to find
a PM. After the election in Sweden in 2018 it took 4 months
to agree on a PM/government. After the election in the
Netherlands in 2023 it took 6 months. After the election
in Belgium in 2024 it took 8 months. Given how the US
congress typical (recent years) handle budget and debt limit
increase, then I suspect that if the US congress elected
the US president then the position would be empty half the time.

Arne