The best way to fix Congress is to disband it entirely and replace it with nothing-- which is the best way to fix all political institutions. I'm sure you have great ideas as to how this could be accomplished expeditiously.
However, if someone needs to be weaned off of being governed, I have a gentle suggestion as to how that could be done gradually. A simple two-step process. In fact, I would apply this to every political office in the world, but let's pretend I'm limiting this solution to Congress for the moment.
1- Don't hold elections anymore-- what you've got is what you've got. No cheating by holding a special election to elect young people before this takes effect, either.
2- Don't replace those who die off, get arrested, resign, or retire. Let attrition do its work.
Then each empty seat counts as an automatic "No" v*te on every bill that would increase or maintain government power, or a "Yea" on any bill that would disband, defund, or disempower any government agency or function (we can dream that those ever get proposed).
That means, next time the budget comes up, every empty seat is counted as a v*te against approving the budget. Every empty seat counts as a v*te against every steaming lump of legislation that any legislator drops in front of Congress.
As soon as empty seats make up at least 50% of the seats, there would be no more point in even gathering the political criminals to go through the motions anymore. Then liberty could flourish.
Yes, shut it down.
*Fix it like you'd fix a stray that you don't want breeding ever again.
I think step 1 should include a hiring freeze as well. Government should be prohibited from hiring any new employees or contractors.
ReplyDeleteFor step 2, I think it would be better to stop new "laws" entirely. Who would get to decide whether a proposed bill should get a "No" or "Yes" from the empty seats? What if the bill contained both good and bad parts? Instead of allowing them to vote on new bills, restrict them to voting for repealing current "laws". That way, the empty seats can always be set to "Yes" and it removes the need for someone to make decisions about the content.
There's also the question of what to do with all the stolen property currently held by government. I propose public auctions, with the proceeds being divided equally among all the "citizens".
Those are all excellent suggestions!
DeleteI wonder how that kind of auction would work. Say I want one particular item... would the proceeds I get from all the other auctions pay for the item I want? Probably, with some left over.