1. Wealth out of voting process—- end Citizen’s United.a corporation is not a person.
2. Our state boundaries are out-of-date. There will be resistance to this. If population sort of determined statehood in the beginning, perhaps we should find some more equitable way of dividing up the US. Maybe regions comprised of states or parts of st…
1. Wealth out of voting process—- end Citizen’s United.a corporation is not a person.
2. Our state boundaries are out-of-date. There will be resistance to this. If population sort of determined statehood in the beginning, perhaps we should find some more equitable way of dividing up the US. Maybe regions comprised of states or parts of states.with 2 senators each. But keep states with representatives according to population. OR what about a unicameral system like Wyoming. OR Dividing the most populous states into two or more states. NO gerrymandering.
4. Do away with the electoral college. It is not fair and injects unnecessary animus into the equation.
5. Maintain separation of powers and make clearer what those powers are.
Simplify and redesign our ailing system but keep it a government of the people, for the people and by the people.
I agree with a lot of this (plus an enlarged Supreme Court), and have also suggested that the House be expanded in size, ideally several fold. That would create almost a parliamentary system as voting blocks with different agendas would form and for legislation to pass the authors would have to consider various interests. It also would make Congress much more representative of our population, far larger than when the current number was set a century ago.
But the chances of any of this passing without a major overturn of the current system (an FDR-sort of 100 Days when he came to office at a desperate time) is non-existent. And we need a real national leader with the country listening and working together too. Still, one can try; when the times get bad enough sometimes that person comes through.
That Biden didn't expand the Supreme court makes me question Biden, I also question him for appointing Merrick Garland, and other actions he did and didn't take, like revoking Trumps EO that created Schedule F employees, which he could have used to fire all of the Trump appointees turned civil servants in DOJ, DHS, NSA, Treasury. But he left these traitors in place to obstruct any thing, like releasing Trumps tax returns.
U.S. Democrats secured unified control of the White House and Congress on Wednesday with the inauguration of President Joe Biden followed by Vice President Kamala Harris swearing in three new Democratic senators.
The three new senators bring the U.S. Senate to a 50-50 Democratic-Republican tie, with Harris as the presiding officer representing the tie-breaking vote.
Republicans regained control in Nov 2022. In the intervening 22 months all that Biden and the Democrats did was pass the Respect for Marriage Act, they could have done so much more, Expand the Court, Legalized abortion in all states, but did nothing. My guess is that they were afraid of blow back, and that they are beholden to the donors.
1. Wealth out of voting process—- end Citizen’s United.a corporation is not a person.
2. Our state boundaries are out-of-date. There will be resistance to this. If population sort of determined statehood in the beginning, perhaps we should find some more equitable way of dividing up the US. Maybe regions comprised of states or parts of states.with 2 senators each. But keep states with representatives according to population. OR what about a unicameral system like Wyoming. OR Dividing the most populous states into two or more states. NO gerrymandering.
4. Do away with the electoral college. It is not fair and injects unnecessary animus into the equation.
5. Maintain separation of powers and make clearer what those powers are.
Simplify and redesign our ailing system but keep it a government of the people, for the people and by the people.
I agree with a lot of this (plus an enlarged Supreme Court), and have also suggested that the House be expanded in size, ideally several fold. That would create almost a parliamentary system as voting blocks with different agendas would form and for legislation to pass the authors would have to consider various interests. It also would make Congress much more representative of our population, far larger than when the current number was set a century ago.
But the chances of any of this passing without a major overturn of the current system (an FDR-sort of 100 Days when he came to office at a desperate time) is non-existent. And we need a real national leader with the country listening and working together too. Still, one can try; when the times get bad enough sometimes that person comes through.
That Biden didn't expand the Supreme court makes me question Biden, I also question him for appointing Merrick Garland, and other actions he did and didn't take, like revoking Trumps EO that created Schedule F employees, which he could have used to fire all of the Trump appointees turned civil servants in DOJ, DHS, NSA, Treasury. But he left these traitors in place to obstruct any thing, like releasing Trumps tax returns.
U.S. Democrats secured unified control of the White House and Congress on Wednesday with the inauguration of President Joe Biden followed by Vice President Kamala Harris swearing in three new Democratic senators.
The three new senators bring the U.S. Senate to a 50-50 Democratic-Republican tie, with Harris as the presiding officer representing the tie-breaking vote.
Republicans regained control in Nov 2022. In the intervening 22 months all that Biden and the Democrats did was pass the Respect for Marriage Act, they could have done so much more, Expand the Court, Legalized abortion in all states, but did nothing. My guess is that they were afraid of blow back, and that they are beholden to the donors.
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