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Ah yes, our annual budget. The perfect place to decide if TikTok can be on government phones, and what online sellers should do to police counterfeit goods. T

Ah yes, our annual budget. The perfect place to decide if TikTok can be on government phones, and what online sellers should do to police counterfeit goods. The absurdity of these people passing bills they have never read will never disappoint. You don’t even need to pay off congresspeople anymore, because they don’t know or care what they’re voting on.

derangedHorse 4y ago
I’m surprised more people aren’t hung on this. The fact that legislation can sneak into unrelated bills is infuriating and a danger to an increasingly vote avoidant society (at least in the U.S. where voter participation can’t even reach 70% for the presidential election).
- returningfory2 4y ago
  > increasingly vote avoidant society Turnout for presidential elections has been increasing in the US in the last decades. Also 70 percent is great turnout when compared with other countries.
  - FpUser 4y ago
    Main point was that "people passing bills they have never read"
- kube-system 4y ago
  It ain't called an omnibus bill because things are 'sneaking' in.
- deleted 4y ago
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- BuyMyBitcoins 4y ago
  Voter apathy is an issue, but I suspect the structural design of our representation has a bigger effect. Most seats in the Senate, and especially the House, are completely safe for the incumbent. Both parties’ primary systems heavily favor the incumbent, so actually voting out a particular politician in a deep red or blue state is almost impossible.
datavirtue 4y ago
I'm blown away that we would name an app or company in a law. It should have been written generically.
chrisco255 4y ago
I think we could replace Congress with a simple program that just votes Yay on whatever donates it the most money. It might be more efficient, at the very least.
powerapple 4y ago
When are we technologically ready to have the real democracy where people can vote on every single bill instead of having their representatives to do so?

derangedHorse 4y ago

I’m surprised more people aren’t hung on this. The fact that legislation can sneak into unrelated bills is infuriating and a danger to an increasingly vote avoidant society (at least in the U.S. where voter participation can’t even reach 70% for the presidential election).

returningfory2 4y ago
> increasingly vote avoidant society Turnout for presidential elections has been increasing in the US in the last decades. Also 70 percent is great turnout when compared with other countries.
- FpUser 4y ago
  Main point was that "people passing bills they have never read"
kube-system 4y ago
It ain't called an omnibus bill because things are 'sneaking' in.
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BuyMyBitcoins 4y ago
Voter apathy is an issue, but I suspect the structural design of our representation has a bigger effect. Most seats in the Senate, and especially the House, are completely safe for the incumbent. Both parties’ primary systems heavily favor the incumbent, so actually voting out a particular politician in a deep red or blue state is almost impossible.

datavirtue 4y ago

I'm blown away that we would name an app or company in a law. It should have been written generically.

chrisco255 4y ago

I think we could replace Congress with a simple program that just votes Yay on whatever donates it the most money. It might be more efficient, at the very least.

powerapple 4y ago

When are we technologically ready to have the real democracy where people can vote on every single bill instead of having their representatives to do so?