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Old 05-20-2012, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by eweissenbach View Post
1. Term limits - two terms maximum for house and senate.

2. House terms lengthened from 2 to 4 years, with a two term limit. Current two year terms mean they are running for relection continuously.

3. All national elections funded from taxpayer funds, no pacs, no super pacs, no special interests. Anyone that wants to support election funds may do it through an anonymous donation.

4. Limit campaign length to 60 days for primaries and 90 days for the general election

This is, of course, a dream and will never be likely to happen, but these four steps would revolutionaize and invigorate a government that would be responsive to WE the PEOPLE, rather than the wealthy and well-connected.
I love this list, Coach. But a serious question...

The Supreme Court made the current distasteful operation of the super pacs a First Amendment right. In essence the super pacs are currently "anonymous donations". But they appear to have taken over the electoral process. In many cases, no one knows who they are or where their money comes from.

So how do you get rid of em if in essence the Supreme Court has enabled them?