Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Great moments in consensus

[melanie griffin (melgrif]

But Congress is all about majorities and entrenched positions. It would be
interesting to see a consensus model in any legislature, but I don't think
we're likely to see it in our lifetimes. Horse trading sometimes has a
result that looks like consensus, particularly in front of cameras, but that
result would never be described as something everyone in the room can live
with!.

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Kay Wilson Fisk <
kwwilson [at] bartcommunity.org> wrote:

>
> Agreed - "payoffs" is the appropriate term. It will be interesting to see
> what the final outcome will be.
>
> So there is a fine line between the "give-and-take" of consensus and the
> "payoffs" we see in Congress. An interesting distinction.
>
> Kay
>
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> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Great moments in consensus
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>
> > I think it's called "concessions" - like the senator from ND who got
> > a big
> > tax break for his constituents written into the bill in exchange for
> > his
> > vote (while the other 49 states pay their share). I'm not sure this
> > is going
> > to work for cohousing.
>
> I think "payoffs" is the word you are looking for. Bribes. Vote buying.
>
> Nothing to do with consensus.
>
> Sharon
> ----
> Sharon Villines in Washington DC
> Where all roads lead to Casablanca
> And Vote Buying
>
>
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