NoOne N Particular wrote:
J. Clarke wrote:
Charlie Self wrote:
How about just making congress a part time organization of say 90 days a
year? The rest of the year they have to be actually IN the district
they represent and they have to talk to the people in that district.
They have too much time to screw us as it is now. The president would
have the power to call them to session at times of emergency.
Make all PAC's and organizations like them illegal. No contributions
from any organizations at all. Just from citizens, and put a limit on
that too. Need to get the government back in the hands of the people.
Take every lobbyists and stick a huge pole up their ass and then display
them in front of the congressional headquarters buildings. Hopefully
they won't actually like it.
Then, change the voting rules so that only people within the middle
class income range can vote. Only income from actual work counts.
Interest, dividends, stock sales, etc. don't count. No more freeloaders
and no more richies. Just the so-called "average joe".
Wayne
Step One
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How about *two* houses of Congress one to pass, and one to repeal laws.
In each case, one passes laws but requires a 2/3 majority to do so.
The other corresponding house only has the power to *repeal* laws
requiring only a simple majority. Require that all laws
automatically sunset after 5 years and must go through legislation
again to remain in law. Any law deemed to be so important that
it should be permanent (i.e., override the sunset) should require
100% consent of both houses and a Presidential signature.
Step Two
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Instead of salaries, allocate the current amount spent + 50% for
legislative compensation. Each member of the legislative bodies
gets a minimal "base salary". They collect a "bonus" quarterly based
on how much the government remains in the black and how many laws
they manage to pass (and do not later get repealed) or, correspondingly,
on how many laws they repeal. Repealers get a 2:1 incentive compared
to law passers. Law passers have a term limit of one, six year term.
Repealers get two such terms. No one gets any money if the government
runs a debt that quarter.
Step Three
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Instantiate a flat tax like the Fair Tax via a Constitutional Amendment
that forbids the institution of *any* other kind of tax.
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Tim Daneliuk
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