Representative government is supposed to work for their states,cities, communities etc. The truth is coporate lawyers working for the successful capitalist often hand the written legislation too the representatives office and when the laws are inplace the elected representative gets the final pay-off!
2006-12-08 01:54:00 · 6 answers · asked by bulabate 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Do any of you answering this see a practice that is illegal & anti-domocracy?
2006-12-08 02:08:18 · update #1
The answer is very simple. The American people have to withdraw their heads from where ever that are, and start paying attention to what is going on in Washington, D.C.
If the Constitution were followed, the federal government would be one tenth to one fourth it's present size. Most of what it does would be done at state or local level, or by the people, themselves. Just take education, for example. We now have a Department of Education. Do any of you realize that the Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights specifically prohibits any federal involvement in areas not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. This means that education is left to the states, the towns or the people, themselves. So now, instead of textbook producers only having to bribe a majority of the 100 senators and 435 representatives, they would have to approach thousands of state and local legislators.
Look at what has happened to the price of oil since we have an Energy Policy. Big government works for big oil, because that's where the money is. If the free market were to prevail, oil would be cheap. There is no shortage of oil on this planet. Big oil has a monopoly, and a monopoly requires government help.
Credit card companies can charge up to 32%. How is this possible? Because they have bought enough politicians to have the FTC allow such usury.
We have the power to change things. It isn't the president we have to worry about. It is the House of Representatives. They are all up for re-election every two years. Start reading you Constitution and then go after your representative and hold his feet to the fire. When people put enought pressure on Congress, things will change, or the members of Congress will change.
2006-12-08 02:33:10 · answer #1 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Campaign finance reform - Mitch McConnell (sp) is against it saying that reform would violate free speech....what a croc...our congress are nothing but elected lawyers representing the clients who have paid for the privilege...also, strengthen 3rd parties by having runoff elections if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote...this would help spread the money around and bring more ideas into the mainstream.
2006-12-08 02:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by Jake1234 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
precise wing "small authorities" communicate is a nicer way of announcing promoting out shared wealth and prosperity for the ease of the richest of the wealthy. "decrease taxes, small authorities" sounds a lot extra perfect than the quite plan, classification conflict adverse to the human beings on behalf of the monetary elite, great privatizations leaving any service because the only privilege of those who can arise with the money for it
2016-11-24 22:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Offer HUGE rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who partake in such activities and make the mandatory punishment either death or life in prison without chance of parole.
2006-12-08 01:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by Michael 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is only one way-ban it completely. And all campaign money should be paid via taxes-not private. It's the only way to level the playing field
2006-12-08 02:14:12 · answer #5 · answered by friedavarriano a 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All donations must be made anonymously, and be capped at a fairly low amount.
It's not a fix-all solution, but it would help.
2006-12-08 02:01:57 · answer #6 · answered by wax 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋