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It's true that economic policy is structured such that Congress has effective control over the non-monetary levers. The problem is that Congress is functionall
by omegaworks 4y ago
It's true that economic policy is structured such that Congress has effective control over the non-monetary levers.
The problem is that Congress is functionally ineffective at responding to popular demand, intentionally. The Senate is structurally allowed to act anti-democratically against the will of the populace: two representatives for fifty arbitrarily defined land areas are allowed to override proportionally elected representatives, and the filibuster allows only a third of them to block any action.
We are at a political impasse. Things will get worse because it does not look good to the minority party for the majority party to enact real economic wins.
If only the majority party were willing to wrestle a tiny speck of that anti-democratic power away from the Senate by overriding extreme rules like the filibuster...
- nobody9999 4y ago>If only the majority party were willing to wrestle a tiny speck of that anti-democratic power away from the Senate by overriding extreme rules like the filibuster... Or reverting back (pre-1970s) to the "Talking Filibuster,"[0] where you could only stop a vote by continuing to "debate" on the floor of the Senate. That won't solve the problem, but it would be a step in the right direction: Talk until you can't and in the meantime, try to negotiate with the majority. [0] https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/149663 https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/149663
- omegaworks 4y agoWe need to abolish the Senate or at least make it as irrelevant as the House of Lords.
- babypuncher 4y agoBring back the requirement that a filibusting senator speak one the floor indefinitely to prevent a majority vote from happening.