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'Participatory Democracy'

"My concept of
democracy," states Mr. Keefe,
"is a participatory democracy
Citizens have the duty to
inform themselves and
communicate their wishes and
desires to the government"

He believes that the mood
of Congress has developed to
the point where it realizes that
its power has been usurped by
the executive branch of the
government to the point that it
is "almost as powerless as the
South Vietnamese legislative
body." The U.S. Congress is
ready to terminate the war,
asserts Mr. Keefe, but finds
itself "powerless to do so"

Mr. Keefe contends that
"for the money that the U.S.
has sunk into our military
effort in Vietnam, the U.S
could have bought each
Vietnamese an acre of land
anywhere in the world"