Belly Proposal for a better Political America

1. Term limits for Congress an Senators … Don’t need career Politian time for change
2. Limitation of the Electoral College …. Popular vote wins WE THE PEOPLE
3. Executive Orders limited to 15 per term … Use wisely grasshopper
4. Any and All Government Employees or Elected Individual owning back taxes …fired or need not apply … laws are laws
5. Any and All Government Employees or Elected Individual with a felon record … fired or need not apply .. laws are laws
6. Public documentation of everyone who has written a Bill, listing the name and department. Any an all Pork with in a Bill has to be identified who proposed the Pork. …. Own up to the fraud
7. Any an all documents (birth certification, taxes returns, and educational transcripts, military record and medical reports) of elected offices and assigned staff are made available to the President, Congress and Senator as demand. … what good for the common America is good for Politicians
8. All Federal government employees and elected individual are medically treated by the VA … I served my country and this is my medical care, what good for me is good for you
9. Two week vacation per term for President, Two term President 4 week total including wife and children vacation .. its a job mofo
10. Country music must be played 3 hour per day in the White House. … fair and balance
11. Church and School bus can’t be used to transport voters election sites
12. GED, High School Diploma is a added requirement to vote …. I have BS and BA from BGSU MOFO

If you have other suggest please list them…

How about obeying the Constitution? That one reform would end the imperial wars, end the police/surveillance state, and cut the budget by 90%.

Cleveland Buck;1370957 wrote:How about obeying the Constitution? That one reform would end the imperial wars, end the police/surveillance state, and cut the budget by 90%.

Domestic terrorist!

I'm not a fan of the popular vote - it will concentrate too much influence in the large cities, and I don't want 95% of the geography ignored.

Actually the present system set-up is quite brilliant. POTUS is basically a state-weighted average of the popular vote. Then every state gets two Senators determined by state popular vote and giving equal representation. And with the House you get a little more proportional representation by district.

I can't think of a better set-up to protect the minority from being trampled by the majority. But we need term limits because the pecking order in Washington that has emerged as a result diminshes fairness.

Let's also restore the filibuster rule where the Senator has to hold the floor and speak. That should eliminate a lot of the obstruction both sides have employed recently to block anything short of 60 votes.

stlouiedipalma;1371068 wrote:Let's also restore the filibuster rule where the Senator has to hold the floor and speak. That should eliminate a lot of the obstruction both sides have employed recently to block anything short of 60 votes.

Get rid of Harry Reid and it solves 80% of the problem. He uses cloture votes to kill legislation he doesn't want debated or voted on. He and his buddies have also been on a historic pace for filling the tree (i.e. pork) which dooms otherwise amenable bills.

Public financing of elections. I saw a report a couple of weeks ago that rank and file congress members now spend 4-6 hours a day doing "call time" wherein they call donors for fundraising purposes...for themselves and their caucus as a whole. It is no wonder that Representatives are less informed on many issues than their aides are.

I agree that some ability to initially raise funds may help weed out less desirable candidates at the outset. However, these people shouldn't be putting in nearly a full day's work just trying to raise funds for their next election...

Belly35;1370918 wrote:Two week vacation per term for President, Two term President 4 week total including wife and children vacation .. its a job mofo

So you mean 1/2 week per year?

Also, popular vote won't work, as stated above. It'd be liberals forever.

BoatShoes;1371076 wrote:Public financing of elections. I saw a report a couple of weeks ago that rank and file congress members now spend 4-6 hours a day doing "call time" wherein they call donors for fundraising purposes...for themselves and their caucus as a whole. It is no wonder that Representatives are less informed on many issues than their aides are.

I agree that some ability to initially raise funds may help weed out less desirable candidates at the outset. However, these people shouldn't be putting in nearly a full day's work just trying to raise funds for their next election...

I agree with this. Either public financing or cap the fundraising limit at $X.

BoatShoes;1371076 wrote:Public financing of elections. I saw a report a couple of weeks ago that rank and file congress members now spend 4-6 hours a day doing "call time" wherein they call donors for fundraising purposes...for themselves and their caucus as a whole. It is no wonder that Representatives are less informed on many issues than their aides are.

I agree that some ability to initially raise funds may help weed out less desirable candidates at the outset. However, these people shouldn't be putting in nearly a full day's work just trying to raise funds for their next election...

Perhaps they should do their job first and fund raise on their own time? I realize they don't have a standard 40 hour work week, but they should be expected to do a certain amount of work during the day and if they want to spend their evenings and weekends funs raising, then go for it.

Belly35;1370918 wrote:Belly Proposal for a better Political America

1. Term limits for Congress an Senators … Don’t need career Politian time for change
2. Limitation of the Electoral College …. Popular vote wins WE THE PEOPLE
3. Executive Orders limited to 15 per term … Use wisely grasshopper
4. Any and All Government Employees or Elected Individual owning back taxes …fired or need not apply … laws are laws
5. Any and All Government Employees or Elected Individual with a felon record … fired or need not apply .. laws are laws
6. Public documentation of everyone who has written a Bill, listing the name and department. Any an all Pork with in a Bill has to be identified who proposed the Pork. …. Own up to the fraud
7. Any an all documents (birth certification, taxes returns, and educational transcripts, military record and medical reports) of elected offices and assigned staff are made available to the President, Congress and Senator as demand. … what good for the common America is good for Politicians
8. All Federal government employees and elected individual are medically treated by the VA … I served my country and this is my medical care, what good for me is good for you
9. Two week vacation per term for President, Two term President 4 week total including wife and children vacation .. its a job mofo
10. Country music must be played 3 hour per day in the White House. … fair and balance
11. Church and School bus can’t be used to transport voters election sites
12. GED, High School Diploma is a added requirement to vote …. I have BS and BA from BGSU MOFO

If you have other suggest please list them…

Crackin down on people collecting 4K a month for disability all the while running and operating their own business for starters.

I am starting to like Glenn Reynolds' idea of special taxation for all money earned after leaving office.

I'm really liking the public financing of elections. In addition to that, I think we should follow the British system and only allow a specified amount of time for the campaign.

Manhattan Buckeye;1371705 wrote:I am starting to like Glenn Reynolds' idea of special taxation for all money earned after leaving office.

Interesting idea. Of course it does nothing for career politicians like Harry Reid that would appear to get favorable investment opportunities while still in office.

stlouiedipalma;1371731 wrote:I'm really liking the public financing of elections. In addition to that, I think we should follow the British system and only allow a specified amount of time for the campaign.

Both good ideas.