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Confidence in our representative government is consistently low so why do we keep this up?
With the internet and so many other avenues for our voices to be heard. Why do we still need to vote for someone to send to our Capital cities.
To me this seems archaic. It goes back to a time when America was a rural nation and the method of electing someone to represent them was the only option for governance.
When will society be able to throw the bums out and not have to replace them.
Every American citizen gets an electronic voter ID and votes on laws and regulations that will regulate our society.
In the REAL WORLD, we have to have laws and regulations. The fairest way to handle it is by democratically electing representatives to decide what those laws and regulations will be.
Any other system would cause mass anarchy and chaos.
We are a society of laws. Without laws, we would all be less free. I DO believe the government should be less involved in our lives, but abolishing representative government would be a disaster.
In the REAL WORLD, we have to have laws and regulations. The fairest way to handle it is by democratically electing representatives to decide what those laws and regulations will be.
Any other system would cause mass anarchy and chaos.
We are a society of laws. Without laws, we would all be less free. I DO believe the government should be less involved in our lives, but abolishing representative government would be a disaster.
The American system deserves our respect. The people in power in the last 2 decades do not.
In the REAL WORLD, we have to have laws and regulations. The fairest way to handle it is by democratically electing representatives to decide what those laws and regulations will be.
Any other system would cause mass anarchy and chaos.
No problem. Elected officials should decide what laws should be brought to the table. BUT... lets have THE PEOPLE vote, not just elected officials. With the communication tech of today the "old" way of doing business needs to change. The world is evolving, why isn't our Gov process ?!
The next argument is going to be that the people are too stupid to handle such a responsibility...
No problem. Elected officials should decide what laws should be brought to the table. BUT... lets have THE PEOPLE vote, not just elected officials. With the communication tech of today the "old" way of doing business needs to change. The world is evolving, why isn't our Gov process ?!
The next argument is going to be that the people are too stupid to handle such a responsibility...
Do you want to have a ballot that consists of thousands of items a year OR to have to go vote several times a month or so?
I should also add that the current system helps to prevent a majority from excessively trampling on the rights of the minority and, while I would hardly call most Americans "stupid", the simple reality is that the average American doesn't have time to evaluate every single detail, potential benefit, and potential consequence of each piece of legislation.
Do you want to have a ballot that consists of thousands of items a year OR to have to go vote several times a month or so?
You open and deal with thousands of pieces of electronic mail every year addressed to you don't you ? Probably most of which is junk but you still deal with it. I don't see a problem with the people voting on issues pertaining to their jurisdiction as they come to fruition and don't see them in the thousands for each individual person. Overall there would be thousands but not for individually.
I didn't know being involved with how your county, state and country is run would be such a problem ?! I guess the people are too stupid to be involved with Gov and should just be ruled instead like we currently are...
I suspect that TomDot would approve of limiting the franchise to voters with the electronic communication capability. After all anyone without email or a ??? probably is too old, stupid or out of touch to actually vote. Particularly to vote the way TD would approve.
No thanks, I like it the way it is. Now for an actual Democratic majority in the House and Senate.
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