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You have been given the power the amend the US constitution to change how the governemnt is structured and how election are held (no economics, I don't want this thread do degenerate into a Cap/Com debate).
The best things we can do is to do reforms that reign in special Intrest groups. The special intrest groups are why the governemnt is so messed up generally. If we had majoritarian reforms like PR, runoff voting, and abolition of the Electoral College, the power of the Special Intrests and legislative "Iron Trianges"(cliques of politicians, beauraucrats, and intrest groups/Big Business that keeps the average person out of the loop of influencing legislation) to decline.
PR would cause there to be several strong parties instead of two weak parties. Dispite what the average person thinks, strong parties are actually a good thing, since you are no longer worried about candidates keeping thier word because you vote on the party platform and politicians who don't follow thier party platform get sacked or disiplined, and would lessen the influence intrest groups have on individual politicians.
The executive branch should be weakend. The president should be able to veto, be able to appoint cabnet heads and judges with Senate approval, be chief diplomat, be comander in chief, and nothing more. the cabinent and the Beauracracy is headed by a prime minister, who is also the president of the Senate, and a senator. The president can also dissolve Congress and call an election when 2 years have passed, but an election must be called after 4 years
The Legislature is still bicameral, the Senate is elected by PR at large, while the House is elected by PR by state (so if in Minnesota there are 4 parties running and all get 25% each party would get 2 of the 8 house seats available). The senate fillibuster is only allowed for court and cabinent appointments.
The courts are the same as now, except federal judges and SCOTUS justices can serve 15 years or untill they are 70, which ever is shorter.
The federal structure is retained, but the states must reorganize thier legislatures based on PR
The best things we can do is to do reforms that reign in special Intrest groups. The special intrest groups are why the governemnt is so messed up generally. If we had majoritarian reforms like PR, runoff voting, and abolition of the Electoral College, the power of the Special Intrests and legislative "Iron Trianges"(cliques of politicians, beauraucrats, and intrest groups/Big Business that keeps the average person out of the loop of influencing legislation) to decline.
PR would cause there to be several strong parties instead of two weak parties. Dispite what the average person thinks, strong parties are actually a good thing, since you are no longer worried about candidates keeping thier word because you vote on the party platform and politicians who don't follow thier party platform get sacked or disiplined, and would lessen the influence intrest groups have on individual politicians.
The executive branch should be weakend. The president should be able to veto, be able to appoint cabnet heads and judges with Senate approval, be chief diplomat, be comander in chief, and nothing more. the cabinent and the Beauracracy is headed by a prime minister, who is also the president of the Senate, and a senator. The president can also dissolve Congress and call an election when 2 years have passed, but an election must be called after 4 years
The Legislature is still bicameral, the Senate is elected by PR at large, while the House is elected by PR by state (so if in Minnesota there are 4 parties running and all get 25% each party would get 2 of the 8 house seats available). The senate fillibuster is only allowed for court and cabinent appointments.
The courts are the same as now, except federal judges and SCOTUS justices can serve 15 years or untill they are 70, which ever is shorter.
The federal structure is retained, but the states must reorganize thier legislatures based on PR
That prolly wont work either. I dont you can fix the goverment because im pretty sure if you do get another one soon enough there will be the B****ers and whiners around again
. We'd just trade special interests for party bosses.
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