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Originally Posted by GX  Very interesting idea William Blue! For the rest of the board, I will give a quick summary. WilliamBlue suggests that the $3 dollars we use to check off on our tax returns for a presidential campaign fund goes instead to create a lobby that represents american citizens and keeps the politicians in check. See the details on his link. Im all for it WilliamBlue, the one monkey wrench I see in it is who will decide what type of poll questions this lobby ask the citizens. You will have republicans, democrats, greens, native americans, black panthers etc. wanting to formulate poll questions skewed to their interests that they wish to present to the public e.g. should we allow the lakota indians to secede? Should we free Mumia? Should we save the whales? There are thousands of issues and questions out there. See where Im getting at here...Your thoughts? |
I suggest we take on the big pork or the stuff that costs us the most first. I do not think we should get involved in local disputes as they are not what the federal government is supposed to be about, of course with the caveat that your local problem is not going to run up a big fed bill
The other issue that I feel is important is the big business lobbyist, their spending maybe the one that we most need to balance with our lobby. Of course our lobby would send two messages, one we don't like/dislike what you are doing now(real time) and two we may help you get elected/unelected in the future.
My biggest concern is trying to get this passed as it will be fought by the same interests stated above.
Oh yeah, thanks for reading it and the feedback, I need more, maybe a separate thread?