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I agree term limits in congress are a good idea provide they are long enough for them to become become effective at their job. I would also like to see term limits placed on Supreme Court Justices, say 10 or 15 years, certainly not life.One of the biggest changes that comes to mind and i think we have a direct and immediate impact is amending the US Constitution to put term limits on Congress.
what about the lower courts?I agree term limits in congress are a good idea provide they are long enough for them to become effect at their job. I would also like to see term limits placed on Supreme Court Justices, say 10 or 15 years, certainly not life.
I agree term limits in congress are a good idea provide they are long enough for them to become effect at their job. I would also like to see term limits placed on Supreme Court Justices, say 10 or 15 years, certainly not life.
I think we Americans see our political system as corrupt and unfair and that it favors some groups over others. It doesn't help that the media is constantly telling them that. Liberals see the rich as favored and not paying their "fair share" while conservatives see the poor as parasites taking what belongs to others. The religious see the country rejecting their voice and values (e.g., gay marriage) while the secular see religion as the force behind blocking inclusiveness and their desired social changes (e.g., gay marriage). Etc.There are probably hundreds of articles on a Google search which addresses the danger to our democracy due to authoritarianism. I have no doubt that such a danger does exist. The question is why? Could it be that our democratic system of government is failing the American people and they are looking for an alternative. There is no doubt that the American people do not trust our goverment to do much of anything right. Assuming this is the case, we need to change the way we are governed. I'm not saying throw away the constitution and start all over but rather look at what does not work in our laws, polices, and the constitution and change it. If we don't, we are going get more authoritarian leaders in the presidency and a congress that accomplishes less and less.
I believe a term limit for House members should be about 8 years and about `18 for the Senate. We need more turnover in both houses to bring in new ideas and new talents to Congress. However, limits need to be long enough that knowledge and experience they gain in Congress does not go to waste.The flip side of term limits is you get people in and out of office really quickly for the sole purpose of appeasing special interests.
Just long enough to do the damage and get out. They're actually far more dangerous, truh be told.
I don't know what all should be changed but somehow we need to make our government and the country operate more efficiently. China as well as other countries with authoritarian governments have created an environment in which capitalism can flourish without the burden of a democratic government. Major legislation. trade agreements, and major policy changes happens in days, not years. How long have we waited for changes in immigration law, 15 years?. We have needed to reduce the cost of healthcare for 10 years. We have needed to modernized our infrastructure for at least 20 years. It's taken 20 years to get out of Afghanistan, yet we accomplished what went in there to do in about 10 years. Because of the way government is structured we could not build the safeguards needed in the Covid stimulus packages to protect from scammers and hackers resulting in a loss of up to 400 billion dollars. People have lost faith in the government because the government can't get things done in a timely manner.I think we Americans see our political system as corrupt and unfair and that it favors some groups over others. It doesn't help that the media is constantly telling them that. Liberals see the rich as favored and not paying their "fair share" while conservatives see the poor as parasites taking what belongs to others. The religious see the country rejecting their voice and values (e.g., gay marriage) while the secular see religion as the force behind blocking inclusiveness and their desired social changes (e.g., gay marriage). Etc.
People who are frustrated, scared, or angry will turn to a demagogue.
I've seen plenty of changes in my short lifetime, the majority for the better.I don't know what all should be changed but somehow we need to make our government and the country operate more efficiently. China as well as other countries with authoritarian governments have created an environment in which capitalism can flourish without the burden of a democratic government. Major legislation. trade agreements, and major policy changes happens in days, not years. How long have we waited for changes in immigration law, 15 years?. We have needed to reduce the cost of healthcare for 10 years. We have needed to modernized our infrastructure for at least 20 years. It's taken 20 years to get out of Afghanistan, yet we accomplished what went in there to do in about 10 years. Because of the way government is structured we could not build the safeguards needed in the Covid stimulus packages to protect from scammers and hackers resulting in a loss of up to 400 billion dollars. People have lost faith in the government because the government can't get things done in a timely manner.
We have got to make government work once again without giving up the principals the nation is build on. If we don't do something we are going to get more authoritarian presidents from both parties who thumb their noses at congress and the constitution and do what they believe their supporters want. I think you can see where this will end up.
Purveyor of ignorance ^^^ (aka: An idiot-gram)The real truth is we are a Republic. We morphed into a Democracy. With all of that that you believe is so great, and in these times maybe it is.. Although there was much more of a Republic 55-60 years ago and before then now. The flaws of a Republic are one thing. The flaws of a Democracy are another. Huge government become totalitarian. The same thing you typed about majority. The laws are in place to to put a vice lock on most rights and we have lost rights.
Globalism and modern corporatism has changed America to a Corporatocracy.There are probably hundreds of articles on a Google search which addresses the danger to our democracy due to authoritarianism. I have no doubt that such a danger does exist. The question is why? Could it be that our democratic system of government is failing the American people and they are looking for an alternative. There is no doubt that the American people do not trust our goverment to do much of anything right. Assuming this is the case, we need to change the way we are governed. I'm not saying throw away the constitution and start all over but rather look at what does not work in our laws, polices, and the constitution and change it. If we don't, we are going get more authoritarian leaders in the presidency and a congress that accomplishes less and less.
Looking at China, not the government but the people, there has been uncreditable progress.I've seen plenty of changes in my short lifetime, the majority for the better.
China has been through even greater changes in my lifetime, most of which were not so positive. The gov't there has support that is a mile wide and an inch deep. One economic setback and there could be a coup or revolution.
The Quick Answer:
The open/free market is uncertain and thus will cause uncertainty, but corrects itself organically, deflecting power naturally.
Authoritarianism is easier and quicker. You'll read in history books how horrible people dominated their people and judge all of those citizens as stupid and weak, as if they had a choice, didn't fight, or were privy to all of the evil that was going on during these dictators' reigns.
Basically, today's modern American leftists are impatient and pissed off that people who don't agree with them are allowed to exist in modern society. Everything evolves from that. They don't want to have to justify their claims and ideals. There's no time for that, they're right, and everyone just needs to get out of the way or else.
It's so inspiring.
That is just simply and categorically wrong.Free market capitalism does not "correct itself organically". That was one of Milton Friedman's lies. He said that wages and prices would "self adjust". Nothing of the kind happened in any country where his reforms were tried. Instead, wages stagnated, prices rose, poverty increased, and markets were destabilized. The rich got richer, the poor got poorer, and protests were violently put down.
The USA has been flirted with unfettered capitalism since Reagan and is has resulted in higher prices, stagnating wages, and destabilized markets leading to 3 economic crashes in 40 years. Americans have been voting for "change" since 2008 and Republicans have been blocking any kind of meaningful economic changes that the people want.
