On 1/9/06, Bruce Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 08 January 2006 23:09, Collins Richey wrote: > > > The only way to counteract the problem is to have a well educated > > > population that is well informed and to remove the "Big Money" out of > > > the election cycles. > > > > You'll get no argument here. If elections were publicly financed and > > the election cycle limited to six weeks, there would be fewer fat cats > > in Washington. > > A friend of mine once proposed that all of the Congress-people should be moved > back to their home states where they would have to do their work remotely. > Possibly meet for a week at a time once or twice a year. > > This would allow them to a) spend more time with the people they serve, > listening to local problems, and b) less time to rub elbows and make deals > with their cronies. > > Sounded like a good idea to me. Maybe the time has come. > > The government of this country is broke and broken. > _______________________________________________
Here's a better idea: don't elect them. Select them, like jury duty. _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
