and they got to vote on these laws and policies passed by congress and signed by the president of give it their blessing........I am just curious as to how many of these laws would actually get approved by the american people by a 51% majority?
For example: the bankruptcy law, the tort reform law, the free trade deals..fast track etc....
Would the american people approve of these things?
Save your breath, I know some of you feel the people have no business giving input on such grand matters beyond their peonish comprehensions.
2007-07-20 00:30:33 · 9 answers · asked by bush l 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
This would leave special interest groups in the dust.
This would make more Americans believe in their government, and give them a feeling of unity, and belonging to it's Country.
No Government body would be able to ignore the people and would give Americans the strength to be all they wanted to be.
It would mean that Government morals would be replaced with individual choices.
The only ones who would not want this are those who feel they need to enforce their morals on others, and deny someone their right to free choice.
2007-07-20 02:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the laws would not pass the people test because of the simple fact that I believe the american people would look out for the interest of the american people and have the common sense to do whats best for the country and of course whats best for the great majority of americans. So all of a suddent the laws on the books would be more reflective of representative government and truly reflect the will of the people instead of the will of the lobbysts/big money and big biz.
2007-07-20 07:42:54 · answer #2 · answered by ron j 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would take too long. That is why we elect representatives. This is why it is very important to investigate a candidate to make sure they are aligned with your views before voting for them. This is still not a perfect system, because many politicians lie to get elected or mainly represent special interest groups. Therefore in a democracy it is still difficult to get our voices heard. However, it is the only system that we have and has served us well under most circumstances.
2007-07-20 07:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by aj's girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. In general, the attitude of most Americans is more conservative than members of Congress. Elected officials get to DC and right away get highfalutin ideas that they are going to fix the country. They listen too much to special interest groups and not enough to constituents.
McCain-Feingold would not have passed. It restricts freedom of speech.
Sarbanes-Oxley would not have passed. The average guy would not have understood it.
Legislation to make tax cuts permanent would pass by a great majority.
2007-07-20 07:38:28 · answer #4 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
many people are upset with the current laws and many would be changed.
this is both good and bad. some laws aren't good laws and do not benefit the people. others do but people still have personal issues with them. and some laws only benefit some people and the people who don't benefit (but aren't necessarily hurt by them) may see them to be insignificant and a waste of time.
2007-07-20 08:35:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the problem, and why we don't have pure democracy in america is that people are fickle. you see it every day. and most people are ill informed.
see that time mag poll last month? 42% of those polled thought the 911 hijackers were iraqi! there are people in this country don't know where the pacific ocean is located. these the people you want deciding tort law reform?
2007-07-20 07:44:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The laws we would pass would actually be understandable and there would be very few laws on the books as well.
2007-07-20 08:12:36 · answer #7 · answered by steinerrw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a representative democracy not an absolute one.
The cost and time involved would be tremendous and counter-productive.
2007-07-20 08:53:24 · answer #8 · answered by honmani2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noone would vote. and vote selling would be rampant since it'll be next to impossible to keep track of. Its too illogical.
2007-07-20 07:38:19 · answer #9 · answered by Mavs rule 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋