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Originally Posted by pan6467
Some interesting ideas. I find it arrogant to believe the voters stupid or that they cannot think for themselves, I think the American people are very able to vote for what is truly in the nation's best interest (including it's leaders), however, it takes great leaders to run in order to get voted for.
I agree with this whole heartedly, our eaders have for too long been greedy and in politics for themselves and not standing up for what they believe is best for the nation, rather they stand for what their party, the lobbyists and special interests tell them to.
Adding a true 3rd party may very well be the answer. It could stand up and be the decidning votes for certain laws. The problem is that whenever a third party has been tried it has been swallowed up by another party because they lack interest.
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I really don't think it's arrogant to say that most Americans aren't capable of thinking for themselves. If they could, we wouldn't be in this situation. Clearly, they are incapble of voting out corruption and looking past ad campaign ads. Have you ever seen those news casts where most American's can't even find Iraq on a map?
What do you of the idea of removing the 17th amendment? Now instead of buying and paying for a senator to get your agenda through, you now have you buy entire state legislatures to get your guy in office. This would take our 2 house system back to how it was intended. One house that represents the population (the House), and one that represents the States (the Senate).
Lets face it senators don't get elected, they get chosen by corporations and posted on TV and billboards. The fickle mob votes for them. Give the power back to the democratically elected state legislatures who are looking out for the best intrest of their state to pick our senators. Repealing the 17th amendment would cut out huge portions of special intrest groups and the need for campaign money.