1. Direct votes from the people. The banishment of the electoral college. The people will vote directly through a system they can access with their social security numbers. The people, if they are above the age of 21, shall be permitted to vote on all bills, laws and candidates as effect their state and country.
2. Complete disbanding and restructuring of all three branches of government.
3. Campaigning reform.
4. Changing the rules for electing representatives.
5. Eight year term limits for representatives.
6. A representative should be chosen that is of the same profession as the majority of their constituents. No longer shall lawyers unfairly monopolize seats of power in government. In a democratic state it is not fair that nearly all seats of representation be held by lawyers. This should only be the case if 51% of the population in an area being represented are lawyers.
7. Direct votes on all matters of state and federal monies collected whereby each citizen shall vote and be able to follow where their money is going. Complete and utter transparency in all matters of money collected for and used in the running and defense of the state and country.
8. Wall street and all forms of money gambling and speculation except those voted on to exist for the purpose of recreation shall be abolished.
9. Special interests shall no longer have any influence and power over our government. The only interest that shall be considered is what is in the best interest of the states that comprise the union and the union itself.
10. A one time percentage tax shall be imposed to pay off the national debt.
11. There will be a complete overhauling of the following groups:
Lawyers, the food, drug and health industries.
12. The people will have a real say in the making of all decisions which affect their lives.
I realize these ideas are far from perfect and anyone can raise major objections to nearly all the points I have made. It is the ideals I want you to realize here. The majority of the people that make up this country are not career politicians, wall street businessmen, lawyers or super wealthy. Yet these groups have the most say and power over our lives, our laws and have the most power in our government.
This is simply not democracy.
Our country was not built on the ideas of capitalism, although it has almost collapsed twice due to those ideas. No, our country was founded on the principles of democracy. The silent majority, the working class, the majority of "we the people" must unite. We can not let our country be taken over, run and legislated by a wealthy and powerful minority which has it's own interests and not the interest of the country as a whole in mind.
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