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John Arnold – Why The Greatest Natural Gas Trader Walked Away To Pursue Philanthropy | #386

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

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The Importance of Nonpartisan Primaries

Having nonpartisan primaries, I think is a great reform. We have this primary system in America today that only the most partisan people or people who are more partisan will show up to vote in primaries. In many states, they have closed primaries where if you're independent, you can't vote in the primary. So there is a greater interest in alignment for the more partisan politicians. And so I think Congress ends up being much more partisan than the voters and the electorate is in general. That leads to all types of problems.

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