LOL, your statement hit a nerve! Here is a rough sketch of what I have been thinking about. Devolution of power from the center to the edges. Direct democracy via the Internet. An end to the over-arching power of the federal government, but also an end to the over-arching power of corporations. How do we get there? I'm not sure, but I have some incremental thoughts:
1. Revert back to the original 30,000:1 ratio for the House of Reps. That would mean roughly 9,000 members, giving smaller communities, rural communities, minority communities a voice they currently lack in the process. It would open up the process to third party candidates by dramatically lowering the cost to run for a seat. And it would make it harder for powerful interests to buy a vote in Congress. 2. Change the rule for the number of Senators each state has to some percentage of the average population of all the states. How about 20 Senators instead of 2? Or 50 Senators each? I don't think the Founders ever envisioned a country of 300 million people being run by a handful of folks. That's why they created the Amendment process. Unfortunately, that process is controlled by the very people whose power would be dramatically diminished. I have come to regard this situation as a fundamental flaw in the Constitution. 3. Increase the number of seats on the Supreme Court. How many? I don't know. How would the initial seats be filled? I don't know. It would seem unfair to allow the President (whether a Democrat or a Republican) to create a new Court that could sit for 50 years. 4. Force rule changes so that bills, including spending items in Congress have names attached. No more anonymously slipping in billions in pork projects without a name. 5. End the insane civil service rules that govern the federal bureaucracy. Make people accountable for their jobs. 6. Purge the rolls of government the way GM purged their rolls, if necessary - by early retirement buyouts. Just a few thoughts. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > You just highjacked my thread into a political debate. : } > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > probably not. So how would you solve that? > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > No amount of > >> > outrage on the part of the public is going to change the corruption in > >> > government and business. The rich will get richer, the poor will get > >> > poorer and the middle class will get squeezed from both sides. It > >> > doesn't matter which health care plan they choose, neither will work. > >> > It doesn't matter who is in office - they are all greedy fools who > >> > care only for power and not for the people they are supposed to > >> > govern. And it's not just in America, it's universal. > >> > >> > >> Sort of how I feel these days as well. Here is my thinking, in a > nutshell: > >> > >> 274* > >> > >> * The number of people that can dictate the rules of government to 300 > >> million Americans. > >> > >> 218 House Reps > >> 50 Senators > >> 1 President > >> 5 Supreme Court Justices > >> > >> > >> Is this really what the Founders intend > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302802 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
