MonacoMike
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- Sep 15, 2009
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Mike...How do we go about changing what's wrong in Washington? I want to hear your ideas.
We the people must take the power back or nothing changes. First WE must stop thie give-aways of taxpayer money, but most folks I know want their pet projects or personal money. It is not just the poor getting EIC and millions in years of unemlpoyment, nor the corporations in special favors, but many of us want money spent on our favorites too. I just got an URGENT email from a friend, "CALL TODAY They are going to take away money for", this must be of life or death significance, "bike paths". Nothing against bike paths, I like bikes, but folks we are going broke doing this millions of times a year for everyones pet cause. It must start with us.
I would stop the popular election of senators and revert back to the intent of the framers of the constitution. The senate was originally intended to represent the interests of the states themselves as an entity not the people. That would put 100 mini-me junior presidents back where they belong serving the state that sent them not fund raising and campaigning. These were originally elected by the state house of repersenatatives and could be recalled by them if they failed to represent the state. This would remove power from Washington and put it back in the states.
I would stop the practise of gerrymandering and contorted districts where the net effect is the politicians choose their voters rather than the voters choosing their politicians. Since the advent of the PC, software has allowed block by block selection of voters by the politicians, these districts are negotiated by them. We must have fair and reasonable districts that offer competitive contests to claen up the system. In 08 only 54 of 435 house elections were competitive, in the turmoil of 10 only 87 were fought out for the voters. Most were anointed by someone. I seem to remember a stat that 90% wanted wholesale changes in congress. Why cant we get that? Because 65% were voting for their current congress repersenative, they liked that one, they didn't like the rest. And therein lies the issues we face to clean up Washington's power, they took this power over the years with ever expansive interpretations of the Commerce Clause.
That is my start, MM