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The Best Way to Fix The American Political System
Desertrat89 How would you best fix a political system that all Americans (no matter which side of the spectrum they fall on) can agree is broken? Vote on the ideas you think would work best, and add any brilliant thoughts you might have.
Our System's failure starts with the ever-turning wheel of the election cycle and the politicians that slavishly turn it. If all public office means is doing what you have to do and saying what you have to say to get, first elected, and then re-elected? If serving the money that serves the campaign is all a politician is and does... how can that person serve the interests of the people who elected them? If a representative government's representatives don't represent? What do we do to fix it? This is a system that is happy to keep going the way it is, it's a massive industry, and billions of dollars drive it. It's not in the System's best interests to fix itself, and the System has nothing to gain from divorcing itself from monied interests. It's a bad spot we are all in, and it's going to very hard to pry this machine out of the track it is on.
Our System's failure starts with the ever-turning wheel of the election cycle and the politicians that slavishly turn it. If all public office means is doing what you have to do and saying what you have to say to get, first elected, and then re-elected? If serving the money that serves the campaign is all a politician is and does... how can that person serve the interests of the people who elected them? If a representative government's representatives don't represent? What do we do to fix it? This is a system that is happy to keep going the way it is, it's a massive industry, and billions of dollars drive it. It's not in the System's best interests to fix itself, and the System has nothing to gain from divorcing itself from monied interests. It's a bad spot we are all in, and it's going to very hard to pry this machine out of the track it is on.
List Criteria: Wide-sweeping political changes only. Please no partisan nonsense.
- 1Up 97Down 7
Lobbying Regulation
“ Take bribes out of government, and maybe the government starts acting on the interests of the people and not the corporations. „ - 2Up 81Down 15
Term Limits
“ If a politician didn't have to spend all their time making sure they got re-elected, they might have time to actually accomplish something. Plus, only a true public servant would enter the job in the first place if there was no chance of keeping the position indefinitely. „ - 3Up 72Down 15
A Real Third Party
“ This is one Americans could actually accomplish if a third party didn't have to rely on money to get in front of the public eye, it could actually happen. „ - 4Up 58Down 9
Media Deconsolidation
“ When the media drives the trends and how we think and the questions we ask... it serves no one but the owners of the massive conglomerates. The media can't be a watchdog when the guys trying to break into your house are the ones who trained it. „ - 5Up 71Down 19
Public Financing of Elections
“ This one, alone, might do more to fix things. Remove money from elections and our politicians can no longer be bought outright. „ - 6Up 54Down 12
Enforced Regulations of Monied Interests
“ It's hard to make these guys play by rules, when they are writing them. It's hard to get a level playing field against them when they are the ones who own the stadium. It's not "anti-business", it's about protecting public interest. „ - 7Up 25Down 2
Proportional representation
added by: MärkjaKlumpfiskur - 8Up 12Down 0
Make Educated Choices When Voting
added by: zxray“ Vote based on facts, not media interpretation of them...as Vice President Biden said, America has a "short attention span". „ - 9Up 13Down 1
Stop Letting the Media Tell You How to Vote
added by: zxray - 10Up 8Down 0
Drop the Requirement of Paying Fees to Run for Public Office
added by: zxray - 11Up 3Down 0
Adhering to the American Constitution.
added by: Bootsdad“ The U.S Constitution has enabled America to become the greatest nation man has ever created. It was devised to ensure individual freedom, and equality. The Founders of this nation were weary of an all powerful centralized government. They would be appalled to see the way our elected officials impose rules and regulations on it's people. The methods they use, e.g. (unelected bureaucrats, executive fiat, and legal precedent) were not meant to legislate the citizenry at all. Our elected officials use them as a way to avoid the limits imposed on them by our Constitution. If we go back to living in a country that adheres to our founding principles, we will all be better off. „ - 12Up 1Down 0
Stop Electing Lawyers Into Office
added by: zxray“ Seriously? They are ALL Lawyers for the most part..... „ - 13Up 6Down 6
irv voting
added by: MärkjaKlumpfiskur - 14Up 4Down 4
kill/solve weage issues
added by: kaylive“ its hard to get honest debate if your voter are worryed with person a is killing babies or person b is wanted to get rid of birth control.
„ - 15Up 2Down 5
Legalize Weed
added by: PeteBoyle“ Mugs need to relax ya'll „ -
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