No, this is a serious question. A lawmakers job is to make laws. They do so to validate their position and to make a mark in society. Every year throughout history the amount of laws increases and never decreases. Where is this going? I think that any law should start with a citizen initiated petition. If there are enough signatures, it gets submitted in to a sort of public legislature databse where anyone who lives within the juristiction can go into the city hall and vote on it. Of course there would have to be a time perod and an organized method of discussion, public awareness etc. There can be a second vote to bring the bill to the next level, as in from city law to state law etc. Deligates or polititions can be voted on to speak about laws, but not to vote on them. This could inspire public involvement etc. What do you think?
2007-03-29 09:55:27 · 5 answers · asked by Lancaid 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
As it is now, the voter turn out is the one motivated guy that was voted in to office, so if only two people vote, it's a bigger turn out than the status quoe. And how can anyone trust a politition more than the citizenry? And yes, I think laws would still get passed if a problem bothered the general public enough. If it doesn't, it doesn't need to be passed.
2007-03-29 10:18:09 · update #1
You seem to want a pure democracy, rather than a democratic republic like we currently have. It's another viable option.
And we may just have the technology to be able to do that.
But, I don't trust mob mentality any more than I trust politicians, so it's unlikely your suggestion would actually improve anything.
2007-03-29 10:05:41 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I don't really trust the people to make laws, especially the really mundane ones that noones gives a **** about, but are necessary to civilized life.
And what that guy said. We have a hard time getting enough people to vote for elections, who would give a **** about some dumb law.
Plus, we CAN propose bills, which give the people a little bit of power in legislation, so we can be happy with that.
2007-03-29 17:06:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we can barely mobilize enough of the voter base during a Presidential General Election. Getting people out for the "Extension of the Clean Water Survey and Exploratoree Committee Funding Report Authorization" would be flatly impossible.
2007-03-29 17:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by Beardog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all, only the Democrats, because they only tend to make laws that YOU want and YOU invent just because you wanted them too without the Democratic politicians even analyzing them before they put them into effect. Democrats make laws just for their popularity and gaining more power from YOUR vote.
2007-03-29 18:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, what he said.
2007-03-29 17:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋