Missouri is currently having a referedum vote on funding stem cell research. I really like the idea of voting on an issue rather than voting for a representative that will be constantly be bribed and lobbied. I think representative government is failing us because our representatives don't really do what people want. I know both democrats and republicans that support stem cell research funding. I'm thinking what if we didn't vote for people or parties, but rather for issues. Why do we need political parties to divide us? There are alot of things people agree on. I'm tired of the childish behavior of our congress. Why are we paying these people to get bribed by big business and to stalk the people that work for them? How could we change our government to make it better?
2006-10-14 04:54:58 · 8 answers · asked by James L 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
A lot of good questions there. I'll try to address them one by one.
1. Why do we need political parties to divide us? We don't. Firstly, many of the founding fathers specifically warned about the dangers of political parties and coincidentally a lot of their fears have been realized. This is not to say that we wouldn't have a lot of the negative impact that political parties cause if political parties had not evolved as they did; and it's entirely possible we would have another set of just as seemingly intractable problems. Or put another way, political parties are a big problem but not the only problem.
2. Why are we paying these people to get bribed by big business and to stalk the people that work for them? The simple answer is that back when this country was founded, people were too busy just surviving to be able to spend a lot of time deciding on governmental policy, so the decision was taken to elect representatives who had the time and the interest in doing the work of making governmental decisions in (this is important) the best interest of the people they represent and in the best interest of the nation as a whole. Things started to derail when some of the people who were sent to represent the best interests of the people and the nation began to represent their own best interests or the best interests of the people who funded them. So, whereas in the beginning representatives held regular jobs and might only do their representative job for a few weeks a year and were only paid a little more than their expenses, now those people are full-time politicians pulling in considerably more than the median salary, not even counting perks provided by lobbyists.
3. How could we change our government to make it better? The problem, of course, is the Catch-22 we've got, where the same people who would have to enact changes in the governmental processes (our elected representatives) are the ones who would lose a lot of the benefits of their current situation if that were to happen. So, we (being the people who are not elected representatives) can't really do much to change our governemnt to improve it.
In my opinion, the first thing that needs to happen is to reduce the incentive to want to be an elected representative by either reducing their salaries to 51% of median US income.
Then, fund all elections out of public money: all the money to fund elections would come from a big pool administered by the governmental entity that the election is for and everyone at whatever level gets the same share of the money. If anyone wants to influence the election, they can do so by contributing to that pool, but not to a certain candidate.
It'll never happen, I realize.
2006-10-14 05:21:37 · answer #1 · answered by spongeworthy_us 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only way to change our government is to do so one person at a time.
Own your vote. Take action. Lobby your elected reps yourself. Make your positions known, then they will represent you much better.
2006-10-14 05:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by Leah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the idea of actual majority rules. Might get messy though, look what happens when we try to vote for presidents. People get nasty, blame their loss on faulty or crooked voting and such.
2006-10-14 04:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What utter nonsense. i admire the solutions. human beings, we've a revolution each and every 2 years. a much bigger one each and every 4 years. Socialists, Islamic agitators, anarchists, fascists, none of them GET IT! we've THE device! a million/2 the rustic is disenchanted a million/2 the time, yet we are lined! that's why socialism, Islam, anarchy, fascism, etc. won't be able to win here. unfastened speech, freedom of the clicking, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, equality. you won't be able to make it exchange, you won't be able to provide up it.
2016-10-02 07:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by laseter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Political parties are merely an ILLUSION, and we can't change our government to make it better. Why? Because THIS secret and evil group has been in control of everything for far too long!...
http://www.rense.com/general58/suspre.htm
2006-10-14 12:48:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do wish we the people could vote and pass laws that effect our life.
More people would begin to vote if they felt they truly have a say-so.
2006-10-14 06:18:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Spongewor...
2006-10-14 05:26:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
want never happen
2006-10-14 05:34:14 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋