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Perhaps the answer to this is to make it more difficult for politicians to sign off on bills. Require some sort of education on the topic at hand before making
by rglover 15y ago
Perhaps the answer to this is to make it more difficult for politicians to sign off on bills. Require some sort of education on the topic at hand before making a decision. If the bill isn't understood by the representative, they shouldn't be allowed to vote. With the current organization of our government, this will never happen. A point that Marco touched on was that we won't be able to rely on protesting every single bad decision that comes our way; people will lose interest and control will eventually be back in the hands of the government. He's right and we need to really focus on the bigger picture of removing lobbying from congress and ensuring that those representing us actually can.
- pwg 15y agoActually, it would be helpful just requiring that they at least have read the full bill, cover to cover, every word, before voting on it. Considering that most don't read the bills they vote on (do you really think they each read an 8,000+ page appropriations bill cover to cover?) that would go a long way towards helping things ever so slightly.
- ConstantineXVI 15y agoWho decides that the rep is properly educated? You risk allowing more bias into the system by putting such a gate on voting.