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CrabCake
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« on: July 31, 2016, 06:31:32 PM » |
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The answer seems to me to be breathtakingly obvious. Eliminate the idea of 'party control' of the senate or House. Have them elect nonpartisan nonpolitician speakers. Allow the chairmanships to be given by proportion between the houses like in A Proporz system (I.e. If there is an equal split of republicans and democrats, then half the chairs will be Democratic). Give speaking time in proportion to the party's numbers in the legislature.
This seems like a logical thing to me. Aside from weirdos on this site who fancy themselves important trendsetters by arbitrarily endorsing candidates and residents of small states who really want pork; voting for a senator or house member of a party you don't normally vote for is a downright stupid act. Yes, maybe Jesus is running for your least favoured party and your favoured party is running the leading Don of the Mafia, but it doesn't matter: if you vote against your party you are voting against your own policies being put into place. It's effectively a parliamentary system, with none of the pros.
Also less stupid time bombs that say "if this policy isn't passed by midnight in seven days then we will destroy the world economy".
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