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John_Rodger_Cornman
reply to post by Dianec
1)Term limits to all politicians.
2)Spending caps on the government.
3)Legalize all drugs.(effectively ending the fake war on drugs and killing the black market for drugs)
4)Create a voter app so that people can vote on their iphone,andriod, or symbian device.
5)Create an alternative mainstream media outlet that is not corporate controlled via the internet.
ownbestenemy
You can however effect the political process by engaging in politics at the lowest level and move upwards.
John_Rodger_Cornman
1)Term limits to all politicians.
2)Spending caps on the government.
3)Legalize all drugs.(effectively ending the fake war on drugs and killing the black market for drugs)
4)Create a voter app so that people can vote on their iphone,andriod, or symbian device.
5)Create an alternative mainstream media outlet that is not corporate controlled via the internet.
John_Rodger_Cornman
Constitutionalist Party
Green Party
Libertarian Party
Indepentant party
Pejeu
3 of the four are extreme right wing parties. For all I know the Greens are prolly extreme right wing too.
Yours would be a reasonable suggestion if one also had a socialist and a communist party to choose from.
Spookybelle
You do realize that the republicans were at one time a third party and they were voted in to replace the Whig party.
Now you propose to do the same thing again?
sligtlyskeptical
Voting out all the incumbents is a good start. Term limits are an excellent idea. We also really need line item voting of any bills. That way only the items that the parties can together on will be passed, eliminating a great portion of pork. Along those lines, I don't think the President should get line-item veto powers as part of this, too much power. Also any time the Congress cannot come to agreement on budgets, etc. they get removed and a special election is held to replace them. Anyone who refuses to act in good faith to their constituents gets charged with treason. This would include things like being fully informed on the matters before the congress. For example not reading and understanding bills before voting on them would be treasonous behavior. For pete's sake most of these people are lawyers. Of course having witnessed many lawyers in action, they usually fail their clients even when they are victorious. It just comes down to which lawyer is less worse.
As for the debt...we shouldn't have any debt. The treasury should be able to "coin" (i.e. create) money without assuming debt. As a part of eliminating debt based money we would also need to eliminate the fractional reserve banking system, thus shrinking the money supply much more than the Treasury printing would grow it. Eventually we would get to an equilibrium with very low inflation. At that time, limit the money creation to a small percentage each year with only a National referendum being able to increase it. Thus the America people would have a voice before we went to war and such things.