Maybe we can just give the folks a line item veto. Any bill that is passed by congress must be submitted to an online final authorization in which, if a bill or line in the bill gets voted against by, say, 60%, of the online voters, then that overrides congress which must re-write the bill or whatever.
Call the kibitzing law. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavisma...@...> wrote: > > Appealing in many respects, but scary, too, inasmuch as it would allow what > William Burke referred to as "the tyranny of the majority", which the current > system of republican government and the checks and balances of the three > branches of government in the US Constitution, keeps more or less at bay. > > ** > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > Idea from a friend: > > > > > > > > rick, > > > > i think we need to evolve our republic into a democracy. we have the > > technology now to eliminate congress entirely and let the citizens do their > > own voting on everything - like in some european countries. in sweden, for > > example, the residents vote on their t.v. every month for or against even > > little things, like a new stop sign in their neighborhood. they're having > > great success with it as they have total say in how their government is run > > and their tax money is spent, and it's being spent wisely. their lifestyle > > has surpassed ours because they have a true democracy, not a republic. i > > think at some point this is an idea whose time is coming in the usa ... and > > there's no stopping an idea whose time has come, especially with the advent > > of the computer age. trouble is, how do you start a movement that would be > > the beginning of the end of congress? i don't think writing your congressman > > would do any good. he's not going to be for eliminating his own job, or > > letting us vote down his raises he himself approves. how would we start a > > movement to allow voting via interactive t.v. or computer? if we could get > > one town to use their t.v. or computer to vote, it would spread and the rest > > would happen automatically and congress would become obsolete at some point, > > because there would be no need to have representatives vote for us when we > > can vote ourselves. if you really want to change the world, save the seals, > > polar bears and stop global warming, this would do it. make sense? this has > > been a pet peeve of mine for many years because congress is the problem. the > > house of representatives is a remnant from the colonial day when the only > > way to communicate our vote to washington was to send a representative. that > > need no longer exists. nowadays, everyone knows congress represent special > > interest groups and not the people who elect them. maybe we should just get > > the word out like this and start a movement to let people vote from home. > > hasn't the time come? > > > > bob > > >
